António de Saldanha da Gama, Count of Porto Santo
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António de Saldanha da Gama, Count of Porto Santo (Lisbon, 5 February 1778 – 1839) was a Portuguese politician, navy officer, diplomat and colonial administrator. He was the Portuguese plenipotentiary at the
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in 1815. While at the Congress he signed a number of treaties and documents on behalf of Prince Regent John of Portugal including the ''Declaration of the Powers, on the Abolition of the Slave Trade'', on 8 February 1815. He was governor of the Portuguese colony
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(northern Brazil) between 1804 and 1806, and of Portuguese Angola between 1807 and 1810. He was created count of
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on 26 October 1823.


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