Africans who resisted slavery in Africa

Abdel Kader Kane, the Muslim leader of the Futa Toro region in northern Senegal had succeeded in peopling his kingdom by retaking by force his people who had been kidnapped and by, forbidding slave caravans from passing through his territory.

King Ansah of Ghana (1470-1486) had the Fante people watch for European ships, and prevented them from coming ashore.

King Agadja, a Dahomean monarch, captured Englishmen

Senegal King of Almammy, passed a law that made it illegal to take enslaved Africans through his kingdom.

Queen Nzinga (Nzinga Mbande) 1787, the monarch of the Mbundu people, was a resilient leader who fought against the Portuguese and their expanding slave trade in Central Africa.

King Alfonso, West Africa - Alfonso disagreed with the “slave trade”movement, first of all, because he was the King in the West of Africa. Second, he saw the big change in the population amount of his people, decreasing. Third, it was a nasty action that included the abuse of his people.