Angola, Province of Angola, 50 Centavos – 1923

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The nineteenth century, is the time when the colony grows and tries to penetrate the interior. With the independence of Brásil, it is the moment of the third empire and the focus passes to the African colonies to build an empire again. Even the Berlin Conference in 1884-1885, Portugal will try to join their colonies of Angola and Mozambique, to which the English will oppose, in their own attempt to union from Cairo to the end. With respect to the economy of the colony, in 1836, Portugal Abole slavery, and a few years later he frees existing slaves, although it is true, that these decrees will be difficult to impose. The population grows rapidly in this period, with waves of immigrants from Portugal (which in the past had more likely to Brazil). The Berlin conference accurately delimited the borders of the colony, and in 1926 the effective occupation of the territory is concluded.