How did Spanish and Portuguese thinkers like Alonso de Sandoval or Tomás de Mercado justify participating in the transatlantic slave trade? What were some of the moral, religious, or other objections raised by some observers, or by Africans like King Afonso I of Kongo or Olaudah Equiano? Why do you think that the slave trade was allowed to continue for over 350 years, despite such objections?

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How did Spanish and Portuguese thinkers like Alonso de Sandoval or Tomás de Mercado justify participating in the transatlantic slave trade? What were some of the moral, religious, or other objections raised by some observers, or by Africans like King Afonso I of Kongo or Olaudah Equiano? Why do you think that the slave trade was allowed to continue for over 350 years, despite such objections?
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