Benguela, Angola slave trading post…US slave blog
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The arrival of Portuguese traveller Diogo Cão signaled the start of slave transportation within Central Africa.
From 1617 to 1621, Angolans – a large percentage being the Mbundu tribe were conquered and made to work in the slave trade.
By the 18th and 19th centuries, Angola became the premier point where Africans were captured.
Posts were established in Soyo, Luanda and Benguela.
Slavery was abolished in various stages within the 19th and 20th century. Nonetheless, its effects still run rampant within Africa and the African diaspora.
