kongo_movement


 * The Atlantic Slave Trade**

Many Africans were taken against their will to be slaves in Europe as well as the Americas. They had only one way of transporting slaves to and fro from the countries and that was by ship. However, the way was treacherous and many ships sank, carrying their precious cargo along with them. Not many of the BaKongo travelled for leisure as most of them were involved in trade. It worked something like this- the people in the city just concentrated on the slave and goods trade while the peasants worked to supply the urban people with food.


 * Kongo's Relation with Portugal**

[|Diego Cao] discovered Kongo in 1472 and told Potugal about it. In the early 14th century, Portugal set up a trading post in the island of Sao Tome and traded with kongo from there. Gradually, the Portugese slowly started wanting more. Slaves, furs, spices, everything. But they slowly grew parasitic. Not a bad thing! The BaKongo were finally driven to raiding outlying villages for slaves. Finally, the Kongo Kingdom went into decline...

http://www.tall-ships-cards.co.uk/frontship.JPG

many slaves like these were bound in chains ant taken aboard ships. http://www.ashcombe.surrey.sch.uk/curriculum/english/GCSE/Y11/Paper%202%20English/Cluster%201/Limbo/Slaves%20in%20chains.jpg
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