Atlantic slave trade impacts Kongo (nov 20, 1499 – nov 20, 1599)

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Over the next 300 years, more than 5 million slaves are captured from within several hundred miles on either side of the Congo River mouth with most shipped to Brazil. In 1526, Kongo's King Afonso sends a letter to the Portuguese King João III imploring him to end the practice, stating his country is being "depopulated.", campaigning against african slavery by Europeans

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