Loango Slavery Harbour

Loango Slavery Harbour

cultural heritage

Country	Republic of the Congo
Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd	Kouilou Department
Coordinate location	4°38′0″S 11°49′1″E
Heritage designation	Tentative World Heritage Site
World Heritage criteria	(vi)

De Loango Slavery Harbour (French: Ancien port d'embarquement des esclaves de Loango) be a Republic of the Congo cultural site dem include insyd World Heritage Tentative Lists insyd 2008 den 2009.

Stele to remember de number of Africans wey na dem take to de Americas, Republic of the Congo

E dey part of de Hinda district, insyd Kouilou department. Dis site be limited by: Pointe Indienne to de Southeast, Atlantic Ocean to de South den to de Southwest, to de North-West de village of Matombi den to de northeast de small town of Diosso, de former administrative district of Bwali, capital of de Kingdom of Loango.

E be overlooked by de ancient lagoon of Tchibete wey na de relentless marine erosion almost completely erase am. Herbaceous vegetation be dominated by small-sized trees, plus sandy soil wey be influenced by de marine climate.

History

From 1500 to 1867, na de vessels insyd de Atlantic slave trade move nearly 12.5 million African slaves from de coast of Africa to de Americas den de Caribbean.

• 
  Gulf of Guinea map - Peter Schenk the Elder (1660 - 1718); Gerard Valck (1652 - 1726).
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  Kingdom of Loango den Kongo map - Peter Schenk the Elder (1660 - 1718); Gerard Valck (1652 - 1726).

De below table dey summarize de various slave boarding points on de African coasts, as well as an estimate of de corresponding number of slaves.

Rank	Boarding area	Captive numbers	Percentage
1	Loango Coast den Angola Coast	5694574	45.48
2	Bight of Benin	1999060	15.97
3	Bight of Biafra (den oda islands of Gulf of Guinea)	1594560	12.73
4	Gold Coast	1209321	9.66
5	Senegambia	755713	6.04
6	Eastern coast den Indian Ocean islands	542668	4.33
7	Sierra Leone	388771	3.10
8	Ivory Coast	336868	2.69
–	Total	12,521,300	100.00

If we combine de numbers of Central Africa (Angola den Loango) den those of the East Coast, we dey find say nearly 6.2 million of slaves (about half of de total) be from countries wey dey speak Bantu languages. De different ports of Central Africa be:

• Loango coast
  • Cabinda
  • Congo river mouth (Rio Zaïre), dividing line between Loango den de Angolan regions
  • Kiloango
  • Loango bay
  • Malemba
  • Mayumba
  • Mpinda on de southern bank of Congo river
• Angolan coast
  • Ambona
  • Ambriz, just below Mpinda on de South on Loge river
  • Benguela
  • Benguela Velho (Old Benguela)
  • Kwanza river
  • Novo Redondo
  • Quicombo
  • Salinas
  • Luanda, one of de most important ports plus over 1.3 million slaves dem ship from de 16th to de 19th century.

External links

• The Transatlantic Slave Trade Database, a portal to data concerning the history of the triangular trade of transatlantic slave trade voyages.
• UNESCO site
• UNESCO Slave Route Project
• 2011 International Year for People of African Descent, UNHCR
• Slavery and Remembrance: Guide . . ., UNESCO and The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation