In the mid of 14 hundreds, writing in 14 53, zarara chronicles and glorifies prince henry's historic voyage a decade before. It was the first time europeans sailed to sub saharan africa to seize captives directly rather than buying them from north african middlemen. In describing the result islave auction back in portugal in 14 forty four, he lumped together the very different looking captives into one people. And so presumably then he, though he not necessarily speak as much about whiteness, he certainly created blackness. A blackness cannot really operate without whiteness.