EVENT INFORMATION

15
Ougùstùs
1648

Portuguese forces retake Luanda from the WIC

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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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Salvador Correia de Sá e Benevides

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Portuguese Crown

Dutch West India Company