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hat gave Portugal an advantage in the slave trade?

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a shared language with African slave traders

a shared language with African slave traders

a trade agreement with Italian merchants

a trade agreement with Italian merchants

trading posts on the African coast

trading posts on the African coast

larger, faster trading ships

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trading posts on the African coast

These fortified coastal posts (factories) allowed the Portuguese to control trade, buy enslaved people directly, and protect their shipping.