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Angoche, the Slave Trade and the Portuguese c. 1844–1910

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2009

M. D. D. Newitt
M. D. D. Newitt
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University of Exeter
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The fortunes of Angoche revived with the growth of the slave trade, and during the 1840s it became the chief slaving port of the Moçambique coast. Numerous attacks were made on it by British and Portuguese expeditions, and the town was finally seized in 1861 by the Portuguese adventurer da Silva. The Muslims who fled from Portuguese occupation were led first by Mussa Quanto, and then, after his death in 1877, by Ussene and Farelay. They were able to confine the Portuguese to a few coastal garrisons, continue the slave trade until the end of the century, and gradually build up an anti-Portuguese ‘front’ amongst the Macua peoples of the hinterland. Farelay was not overthrown and the Macua country was not occupied by the Portuguese until 1910.

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Research Article
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The Journal of African History , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , October 1972 , pp. 659 - 672
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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