The African King Who Defeated The Portuguese & Returned Thousands of Slaves From Brazil

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  @hometeamhistory806 · 5 years ago · pinned

  It’s important to remember that the slave trade was legal in the Kongo Empire.<br>This event took place because an ambitious Portuguese Governor sought to conquer the region and enslave the people (making a lot of profit). At the time Kongo was powerful and so there were consequences for that.<br><br>I highly recommend the Journal articles from John Thornton. He has done a lot of great work on the Kongo empire.

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• DA

  @daron6616 · 5 years ago (edited)

  When I was very little I lived in a very racist rural small town. At my school, I remember some teachers and students that went out of their way to point out black folks/Africans as just being slaves with no other contributions in their history books. Luckily, I had a mother who taught me black history beginning in Africa through to the modern era . The racists never made me feel bad or ashamed of Africa like they intended because I learned the truth early on from my mother. I’m glad to see folks like you doing the same by spreading the gospel of African achievement to others that need to see and hear this.

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• DA

  @danixxiixx · 5 years ago

  Crazy, I’m Haitian but my ancestors are from the Kongo and Senegal. Love to hear these stories

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• CL

  @clos1203 · 5 years ago

  I’m Puerto Rican we still have the original spirituality of the Congo people and Yoruba people. Since over 500,000 were shipped to the island our ancestors were able to practice and preserve their original spiritualities that predates religions that we have been forced on (Christianity,Islam, etc) by thousands of years! I’m proud to be Puerto Rican I love my African ancestors and our original spiritualities are so beautiful and enlightening.

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• TA

  @takalaniramabulana2168 · 5 years ago

  This just proves that Africans had the strength to stand up against powerful foes ✊🏽

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• GA

  @gabrielarmsted8020 · 5 years ago

  I am of Congolese decent. I am proud of my ancestors and I am learning my people&apos;s history and how fierce they really were.

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• LA

  @lateraldeano · 5 years ago

  The wisdom of this king is mind blowing.

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• KI

  @KingBuddha84 · 5 years ago

  See what happens when we work together! ? History is so important that it’s a weapon. that’s why it’s so hard to find it.

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• MR

  @Mr.e-1der · 5 years ago

  I wish this was taught to us in school instead of just showing us as slaves. It would of brought a sense of pride being a young African American.

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• OP

  @opakular · 5 years ago

  This is one of the most monumental events in African history. This battle should be portrayed in a movie!

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• WA

  @warldorwessarnoelt3936 · 4 years ago

  I am African born and this is the first time I CRIED about my history ….a tear of joy!

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• ED

  @edwardhaglin2322 · 4 years ago

  The black Seminole John Horse has a great story .got his group to Oklahoma from Florida then left for Mexico where he got independence from slavery and USA &nbsp;.one of the few that defeated the slavers and found freedom and was give huge land grant for service in Mexican Army .the book &apos; Hunted like a Wolf &apos; details his war and his flight to find freedom for his family and friends.,

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