Re Lowango, We must keep in mind the time of the writing. My posting was from documents written in the 1700.s by the Dutch. I don't know if that was the native name of the area in question, and the spelling is Dutch, however, there is a cay off St. Thomas, Virgin Islands by the same name, and spelled Lowango, and at times I have seen it spelled Lovango. And as we know the Dutch settled that area. Sometimes one has to go back to old slave-trade maps to find the places entioned. Ann "Sharing the information." Researching the USVI, St.Eustatius, St. Barths, Barbados ----Original Message Follows---- From: Tim Anderson <timuna@starpower.net> Reply-To: CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com To: CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: New threads -- Slave immigrants from West Africa -- Gold Coast, Slave Coast Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2003 02:30:15 -0400 Jean-Marie -- Thanks for your help. I was not able to find a thing until I started searching alternative spellings. There is a small piece of current Angola, called Cabinda, that is nestled in between Congo-Brazzaville and Congo-Kinshasa. I believe that 18th century Port of Loango (Lawango or Luango) is located in Cabinda and that this is immediately next to Pointe-Noire in Congo. I found more information at the following web site: http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/migrations/four2.html. Tim On Sat, 5 Jul 2003 20:58:28 +0200, "Jean-Marie Baltimore" <jean-marie.baltimore@wanadoo.fr> wrote: >Your Lawango must be LOANGO, a small village 15 miles away from nowadays >Pointe-Noire in Congo. One of the main points in the slave trade. >"Tim Anderson" <timuna@starpower.net> a écrit dans le message de news: >j4v8gv0aa1auevimu7gltfufpmlp0kui0k@4ax.com... >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>SNIP>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== The CARIBBEAN-L FAQ can be found at http://www.rootsweb.com/~caribgw/mailinglistfaq.htm. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus