Angola served as the principal source of slaves for the Americas in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. These slaves embarked from ports controlled by the Portuguese, who had established a strong presence in West Central Africa since the sixteenth century, and from ports dominated by African polities, located mostly north of Luanda, capital of the Portuguese c...

Angola served as the principal source of slaves for the Americas in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. These slaves embarked from ports controlled by the Portuguese, who had established a strong presence in West Central Africa since the sixteenth century, and from ports dominated by African polities, located mostly north of Luanda, capital of the Portuguese c...