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When Portuguese ships reached the Congo river, the kingdom of Kongo chose to become Christian and to trade. Students read the letters of King Afonso I, who protested against the slave trade in 1526, and follow Kongo to its defeat at Mbwila.
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- Locate Mbanza Kongo, the mouth of the Congo river and Luanda.
- Explain why Kongo's kings adopted Christianity and close ties with Portugal.
- Use Afonso I's letters of 1526 to describe how the slave trade harmed Kongo.