Loango Slavery Harbour

E dey part of de Hinda district, insyd Kouilou department. Dis site be limited by: Pointe Indienne to de Southeast, Atlantic Ocean to de South den to de Southwest, to de North-West de village of Matombi den to de northeast de small town of Diosso, de former administrative district of Bwali, capital of de Kingdom of Loango.

E be overlooked by de ancient lagoon of Tchibete wey na de relentless marine erosion almost completely erase am. Herbaceous vegetation be dominated by small-sized trees, plus sandy soil wey be influenced by de marine climate.

 History 
From 1500 to 1867, na de vessels insyd de Atlantic slave trade move nearly 12.5 million African slaves from de coast of Africa to de Americas den de Caribbean.De below table dey summarize de various slave boarding points on de African coasts, as well as an estimate of de corresponding number of slaves.
 Rank Boarding area Captive numbers Percentage1Loango Coast den Angola Coast569457445.482 Bight of Benin199906015.973 Bight of Biafra (den oda islands of Gulf of Guinea)159456012.734 Gold Coast12093219.665 Senegambia7557136.046 Eastern coast den Indian Ocean islands5426684.337 Sierra Leone3887713.108 Ivory Coast3368682.69 –Total 100.00
If we combine de numbers of Central Africa (Angola den Loango) den those of the East Coast, we dey find say nearly 6.2 million of slaves (about half of de total) be from countries wey dey speak Bantu languages. De different ports of Central Africa be:

 Loango coast
 Cabinda
 Congo river mouth (Rio Zaïre), dividing line between Loango den de Angolan regions
 Kiloango
 Loango bay
 Malemba
 Mayumba
 Mpinda on de southern bank of Congo river
 Angolan coast
 Ambona
 Ambriz, just below Mpinda on de South on Loge river
 Benguela
 Benguela Velho (Old Benguela)
 Kwanza river
 Novo Redondo
 Quicombo
 Salinas
 Luanda, one of de most important ports plus over 1.3 million slaves dem ship from de 16th to de 19th century.

 References 

 External links 

 The Transatlantic Slave Trade Database, a portal to data concerning the history of the triangular trade of transatlantic slave trade voyages.
 UNESCO site
 UNESCO Slave Route Project
 2011 International Year for People of African Descent, UNHCR
 Slavery and Remembrance: Guide . . ., UNESCO and The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Category:Age of Sail
Category:Forced migration
Category:African slave trade
Category:European colonization of de Americas
Category:Racism insyd Africa
Category:European colonisation of Africa
Category:Early modern period
Category:Trade routes
Slave trade
Category:Kingdom of Loango