318,531
edits
m
no edit summary
mNo edit summary |
mNo edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Angola-sidebar}}{{breadcrumb | |||
| link1=[[Africa|Africa]] | |||
| link2=[[Angola_Genealogy|Angola]] | |||
| link3= | |||
| link4= | |||
| link5=[[Angola_Emigration_and_Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
}} | |||
*The Portuguese established their primary early trading post at Soyo, which is now the northernmost city in Angola. Paulo Dias de Novais founded São Paulo de Loanda (Luanda) in 1575 with '''a hundred families of settlers and four hundred soldiers'''. | *The Portuguese established their primary early trading post at Soyo, which is now the northernmost city in Angola. Paulo Dias de Novais founded São Paulo de Loanda (Luanda) in 1575 with '''a hundred families of settlers and four hundred soldiers'''. | ||
*The Portuguese established several other settlements, forts and trading posts '''along the Angolan coast''', principally trading in '''Angolan slaves for plantations'''. Local slave dealers provided a large number of slaves for the Portuguese Empire, usually in exchange for manufactured goods from Europe. This part of the Atlantic slave trade continued until after Brazil's independence in the 1820s. | *The Portuguese established several other settlements, forts and trading posts '''along the Angolan coast''', principally trading in '''Angolan slaves for plantations'''. Local slave dealers provided a large number of slaves for the Portuguese Empire, usually in exchange for manufactured goods from Europe. This part of the Atlantic slave trade continued until after Brazil's independence in the 1820s. | ||