Angola–Brazil Portuguese Slave Trade (16th–1888)

1. São Miguel fortress anchors colonial control

   Jan 1, 1576Labels: S o, Luanda Port

   • S o Miguel
   • Luanda

2. Portuguese establish a foothold at Luanda

   Jan 25, 1576Labels: Paulo Dias, Luanda Port

   • Britannica
   • Luanda

3. Benguela is founded as another slave port

   Jan 1, 1617Labels: Benguela Port, Angola Coast

   • Britannica
   • Benguela

4. Dutch capture disrupts Luanda’s slave-trade hub

   Jan 1, 1641Labels: Dutch West, Luanda Occupation

   • Luanda
   • S o Miguel

5. Portugal regains Luanda and rebuilds its network

   Jan 1, 1648Labels: Portuguese Reconquest, Luanda Port

   • Luanda
   • S o Miguel

6. Brazil becomes independent but keeps slavery

   Sep 7, 1822Labels: Empire of, Plantations

   • Britannica
   • Britannica

7. Britain and Brazil sign an anti–slave trade treaty

   Nov 23, 1826Labels: United Kingdom, Brazil

   • Treaty 1826
   • Britannica

8. Brazil’s 1831 ban becomes “law on paper”

   Nov 7, 1831Labels: Brazilian Law, Abolition Decree

   • Eus bio Law
   • Lei Feij

9. Britain passes the Aberdeen Act to seize ships

   Aug 9, 1845Labels: Aberdeen Act, Royal Navy

   • Aberdeen Act
   • Cambridge

10. Brazil enacts Eusébio de Queirós Law

    Sep 4, 1850Labels: Eus bio, Brazilian Government

    • Britannica
    • Eus bio Law

11. Free Birth Law begins gradual emancipation

    Jan 1, 1871Labels: Rio Branco, Brazil

    • Britannica
    • Rio Branco

12. Sexagenarian Law frees older enslaved people

    Sep 28, 1885Labels: Sexagenarian Law, Brazilian Reform

    • BN Brazil
    • Sexagenarian

13. Lei Áurea abolishes slavery in Brazil

    May 13, 1888Labels: Lei urea, Princess Isabel

    • Britannica
    • Lei urea