Africa In Early Colonial Period Flashcards
1st to explore Africa
Portuguese
Portugal’s wealthiest colony in W Africa
Golden Coast
Year ottomans defeated Byzantine
1453
Reasons for African slaves
Need for labor
Portuguese discovery of W Africa
Barracoons
Slave castles where Africans were kept before being taken on the middle passage also called factories
Middle passage
How many died on it
Slaves journey across Atlantic 25% died on it
Brig
European ship
of slaves that survived middle passage
About 10 mil
Creole
W African languages combined with European languages
First significant Islamic influence in America
Islamic slaves
Most slaves brought over during what century and for what
18th century for sugar
American take mainly what gender
Effect of that
Male
Gender imbalance and polygamy
Religion of Kongo
Christian
Warfare in
Inter Group
Slave trade ended when
1830s