 Bantu-speaking people were taken to the new world during the slave trade, and is a large part of Afro-Brazilian History.With language groups often used as a source of identity, it is possible that this settlement may have found its name from Bolongo-speaking Bantu slaves that may have been brought to Saint Thomas during the new world slave trade, although this possibility has not yet been thoroughly researched.Estate Bolongo is the location of Bolongo Bay Beach Resort, an all-inclusive beach resort that sits along the sandy 1,000-foot beach inside Bolongo Bay.