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15
Augustus
1648

Portuguese forces retake Luanda from the WIC

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📅 15 Augustus 1648 📍 Angola

A Portuguese fleet from Brazil forced the Dutch to surrender Luanda. The Dutch occupation had been tied to the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of enslaved Africans to Brazil. African polities and leaders had shaped the conflict throughout; Portugal’s return restored another colonial power, not African sovereignty.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

Salvador Correia de Sá e Benevides

Organisaties in dit Evenement

Portuguese Crown

Dutch West India Company