Portugal founds Luanda

The Portuguese establish Luanda in Angola — soon the largest slaving port in the Atlantic and the source of most Africans taken to the early Chesapeake.

The Transatlantic Slave Trade West-Central Africa (Kongo & Angola)

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Website

Colonization of Angola (Luanda)

World History Encyclopedia

Portuguese Angola and Luanda, engine of the West-Central African trade.

The web

Connections to other moments, systems, and investigations — the links rarely drawn together.

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West-Central Africa (Kongo & Angola)
From Luanda, Portugal made war on Ndongo and shipped its people across the Atlantic.

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West-Central Africa (Kongo & Angola)

From Luanda, Portugal made war on Ndongo and shipped its people across the Atlantic.