A Social History of Black Slaves and Freedmen in Portugal, 1441-1555 - Paperbackby A. Saunders (Author) This book, originally published in 1982, was the first detailed study of black slavery in Portugal during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, when the Portuguese brought Europe into contact with black Africa and originated the Atlantic slave trade. Portugal was the first European society to have a considerable black population, and the relations established between the white and black populations set a pattern that had