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So I was doing a map series recently (to much time on my hands I know) and basicly I had it where Venice was able to united Italy fairly early and become a super-colonial-power . As I did this I was trying to think of a backstory (like world building where I thought of some interesting facts, like what Manhattan might be called if Italians colonized it).
Doing this I found that I had made a few African nations on the coast quite powerful. Meanwhile I had Venice(or Italy) conquering India. I figured african Slavery wouldn't be as big in this MapTL and in my head cannon had India become the source of human slavery. But how realistic is this?? I figured here it would start with the caste system and taking untouchables away from India. But how realistic is this. The mortality rate was high enough from the most direct path of the west coast of Africa to the new world. Here its even longer.
I don't know if this ever occurred in our history or if it even makes sense. I was just wondering sense while I've heard different stories of India under colonial rule I've still far from an expert on the matter.
Note I'm not asking if this is realistic from my own little mapTL I was wondering if this made sense at all.