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Alfonso I
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Al·fon·so I  (l-fnz, äl-fs) 1110?-1185.
King of Portugal (1139-1185) who won Portuguese independence from Castile (1139) and established a monarchy.
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The gathering on 23 August praised the bravery of African men and women who resisted, such as Queen Nzinga, King Affonso I, Joseph Cinquez, who led a revolt of 50 slaves in 1839 and took control of a Spanish ship called Amistad and tried to sail it to Africa, King Jaja of Opobo, King Cudjoe, the leader of the Jamaican Maroons, and many others.
Healing the wounds of slavery: a large crowd of historians, ... by Eze, Mercy / New African
In 1526 Kongolese King Affonso I wrote to the King of Portugal complaining: 'Each day the traders are kidnapping our people--our land is entirely depopulated.
The looting of the Congo: the Democratic Republic of Congo has ... by Braeckman, Colette / New Internationalist
In 1526 the king of Kongo, rebaptised Affonso I, wrote to his Portuguese homologue, John III: "The merchants abduct our subjects, children of this country, sons of nobles and vassals, even people of our family .
Slavery reparations are a must: Nora Wittmann lays the legal ... by Wittmann, Nora / New African
 
 
 
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