Joaquim d'Almeida (died 1857), also called Zoki Azata, was a freed African slave of the Mahi people (
Dahomey
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) in
Brazil
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who became a trader in African slaves.
[Almeida; Niven, eds.]
References
Sources
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* Almeida, James; Niven, Steven J., eds
"Joaquim d'Almeida" Enslaved: Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
External links
"Joaquim d'Almeida (Dit Zoki Azata)" Facebook. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
1857 deaths
19th-century slave traders
19th-century Brazilian people
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