1/5 African-Americans=Angolan Descendant #AngolaRepost #KizombaloveNorthAmerica In 2007, Linda Heywood and John Thornton used newly available data from the DuBois Institute and Cambridge University Press on the trade and transportation of slaves in their new work on the relation of Central Africans to the Atlantic Creoles. They found strong support for Berlins thesis of the Charter Generations of slaves, before 1660, coming primarily from West Africa. They also noted that in the Kingdom of Kongo (northern present-day Angola), the leaders adopted Catholicism in the late 15th century due to Portuguese influence. This led to widespread conversion of the people. They formed a type of African-Catholic spirituality unique to the region, and the people frequently adopted Portuguese names in baptism. The kingdoms were Christian for nearly 400 years and many of their people were taken as slaves by the Portuguese. The historians argue that numerous people from Kongo were transported to the North American colonies as slaves, especially to South Carolina and Louisiana. Kongolese Catholics led the Stono Rebellion in 1739. They estimate about one in five African Americans are descended from Kongolese ancestors.one in five African Americans are descended from Kongolese ancestors.
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