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how did the portuguese turn to slave labor to grow sugar on the tropical islands off the coast of africa?
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how did the portuguese turn to slave labor to grow sugar on the tropical islands off the coast of africa?

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The main way in which the Portuguese turned to slave labor to grow sugar on the tropical islands off the coast of africa was that they would buy the slaves from slave traders in Africa and employ them in the fields and mines. 
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