This is the story of a world whose borders and territories were drawn by the slave trade where violence subjugation and profit imposed their own roots this criminal system shaped our history and our world. Unsubtle the portuguese invented an economic model with unprecedented profitability in the sugar plantation. This was the 1st black colony 1st slaves as a. Black man was sugar cane. In the 16th century other european powers were eager to follow their model their greed would plunge an entire continent into chaos and violence nearly 13000000 africans were cast on to new slavery routes to the new world where the english the french and the dutch hopes to become wealthy in measurably wealthy. Because the caribbean has similar climatic features to sell it all may eventually became the principal crossroads of the slave traders routes for people in the western world these islands are today associated with the cation guadalupe offers tourists a dream destination sunshine and pristine nature r