Tech, monopolies, censorship
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@dogmeat said in Tech, monopolies, censorship:
@Victor-Meldrew Listened to a pod last night on the history of Brazil
FFS - the slave trade to Brazil is staggering. Way, way more than the combined Confederate states / Caribbean.
England got Portugal to abandon the trade as part of the deal to move the Portuguese Court to Brazil (fleeing from the Corsican), but the reality was the trade continued for another 70 years. There is apparently a Portuguese expression that translates as tell the English what they want to hear.
As an aside moving the court was on a much bigger scale than I imagined - 15,000 people and all their effects.
Slavery went on in Sth America until the early 1900's I think.
The other interesting thing is the differentiation between slavery and the European-led slavery on the web when you do a quick search. The former, though far larger, is barely mentioned (e.g. the Ottoman Empire), while the latter is always highlighted.