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  2. Colonial history of Angola - Wikipedia

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    Angola was a part of Portuguese West Africa from the annexation of several territories in the region as a colony in 1655 until its designation as an overseas province, effective October 20, 1951. Brazil's influence in Angola grew substantially after 1650, with some observers comparing Angola's relationship with Brazil as a colony to its empire. [6]

  3. Colonization of Angola - Wikipedia

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    The Portuguese built a new port in Benguela in 1616 to expand Portugal's access to Angolan slaves. [6] In 1618 the Portuguese built Fortaleza São Pedro da Barra fortress, followed by the Fortaleza de São Miguel fortress in 1634. Luanda was Portuguese Angola's administrative centre from 1627, with one exception.

  4. Portuguese Angola - Wikipedia

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    In southwestern Africa, Portuguese Angola was a historical colony of the Portuguese Empire (1575–1951), the overseas province Portuguese West Africa [a] of Estado Novo Portugal (1951–1972), and the State of Angola of the Portuguese Empire (1972–1975). It became the independent People's Republic of Angola in 1975

  5. Portuguese Angolans - Wikipedia

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    The Portuguese colony of Angola was founded in 1575 with the arrival of Paulo Dias de Novais with a hundred families of colonists and four hundred soldiers. Luanda was granted the status of city in 1605. Many Portuguese settlers married native Africans, resulting in a mixed-race (mulato, later generally called mestiço) population. [citation ...

  6. History of Angola - Wikipedia

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    Trade was mostly with the Portuguese colony of Brazil; Brazilian ships were the most numerous in the ports of Luanda and Benguela. By this time, Angola, a Portuguese colony, was in fact like a colony of Brazil, paradoxically another Portuguese colony. A strong Brazilian influence was also exercised by the Jesuits in religion and education. War ...

  7. Angolan Americans - Wikipedia

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    This is an old plantation of 7,200 hectares, where most of the slaves were from Angola and, in 1835, became the prison State of Louisiana, known today by The Farm or Angola. There are several U.S. cities named "Angola" – such as ones in New York , Delaware and Indiana – where there were Angolan slaves.

  8. Transatlantic cruise to turn spotlight on Brazil-Angola ...

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    Dagoberto Jose Fonseca, 63, a professor at Sao Paulo's State University UNESP, is the mastermind behind the cruise, which is planned for Dec. 1 to Dec. 21, 2025.

  9. Portuguese colonization of the Americas - Wikipedia

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    In 1772, the State of Grão-Pará and Maranhão was split into two new states, the State of Grão-Pará and Rio Negro and the State of Maranhão and Piauí. The new states would fare poorly and only last 3 years. In 1775, the three colonies of Portuguese America (the State of Brazil, the State of Maranhão and Piauí; and the State of Grão ...

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