Atlantic slave trade to Brazil

The Transatlantic slave trade to Brazil (c. 1500s-1860s) was a period defined by European demand for resources (sugar, metals, etc.) within the Americas. This demand led to the enslavement of Africans along the western coast of the African continent, resulting in approximately 10 to 30 million Africans who were sold and transported across the Atlantic for labor, primarily on plantations. Of those who were transported, approximately 44 percent were brought to Brazil. It was divided into four phases: The cycle of Guinea (16th century); the cycle of Angola (17th century) which trafficked people from Bakongo, Mbundu, Benguela, and Ovambo; cycle of Costa da Mina, now renamed Cycle of Benin and Dahomey (18th century - 1815), which trafficked people from Yoruba, Ewe, Minas, Hausa, Nupe, and Borno; and the illegal trafficking period, which was suppressed by the United Kingdom (1815–1851). During this period, to escape the supervision of British ships enforcing an anti-slavery blockade, Brazilian slave traders began to seek alternative routes to the routes of the West African coast, turning to Mozambique.