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Papal Decrees and the Authorization of African Enslavement
The 1452 bull Dum Diversas and the 1455 Romanus Pontifex gave the Portuguese crown explicit papal authority to conquer and enslave non-Christian Africans. Vincypowa…
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The 1452 bull Dum Diversas and the 1455 Romanus Pontifex gave the Portuguese crown explicit papal authority to conquer and enslave non-Christian Africans. Vincypowa…