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Slave Coast of West Africa

Index Slave Coast of West Africa

The Slave Coast is a historical name formerly used for parts of coastal West Africa along the Bight of Benin. [1]

30 relations: Agoué, Allada, Aného, Atlantic slave trade, Badagry, Bight of Benin, Brazil, Bristol slave trade, Caribbean, Dahomey, Dutch Slave Coast, East Africa, France, Godomey, Gold Coast (region), Grand-Popo, Ivory Coast, Kristin Mann, Lagos, Netherlands, New World, North Africa, Ouidah, Oxford University Press, Pepper Coast, Porto-Novo, Portugal, Slavery in Africa, United Kingdom, West Africa.

Agoué

Agoué is an arrondissement in the Mono department of Benin.

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Allada

Allada is a town, arrondissement, and commune, located in the Atlantique Department of Benin.

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Aného

Aného is a town in southeastern Togo.

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Atlantic slave trade

The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade involved the transportation by slave traders of enslaved African people, mainly to the Americas.

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Badagry

Badagry (traditionally Gbagle) is a coastal town and local government area (LGA) in Lagos State, Nigeria.

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Bight of Benin

The Bight of Benin or Bay of Benin is a bight in the Gulf of Guinea area on the western African coast.

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Brazil

Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.

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Bristol slave trade

Bristol is a city in the South West of England, on the River Avon which flows into the Severn Estuary.

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Caribbean

The Caribbean is a region that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean) and the surrounding coasts.

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Dahomey

The Kingdom of Dahomey was an African kingdom (located within the area of the present-day country of Benin) that existed from about 1600 until 1894, when the last king, Béhanzin, was defeated by the French, and the country was annexed into the French colonial empire.

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Dutch Slave Coast

The Dutch Slave Coast (Dutch: Slavenkust) refers to the trading posts of the Dutch West India Company on the Slave Coast, which lie in contemporary Ghana, Benin, Togo and Nigeria.

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East Africa

East Africa or Eastern Africa is the eastern region of the African continent, variably defined by geography.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Godomey

Godomey is a town and arrondissement in the Atlantique Department of southern Benin.

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Gold Coast (region)

The Gold Coast was the name for a region on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa which was rich in gold and also in petroleum, sweet crude oil and natural gas.

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Grand-Popo

Grand-Popo is a town, arrondissement, and commune in the Mono Department of south-western Benin.

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Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially as the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a sovereign state located in West Africa.

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Kristin Mann

Kristin Mann (born September 12, 1946) is an American historian and author renowned for her works on the history of slavery in Africa.

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Lagos

Lagos is a city in the Nigerian state of Lagos.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.

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New World

The New World is one of the names used for the majority of Earth's Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas (including nearby islands such as those of the Caribbean and Bermuda).

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North Africa

North Africa is a collective term for a group of Mediterranean countries and territories situated in the northern-most region of the African continent.

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Ouidah

Ouidah or Whydah (Xwéda; Ouidah, Juida, and Juda by the French; Ajudá by the Portuguese; and Fida by the Dutch), formally the Kingdom of Whydah, is a city on the coast of the Republic of Benin.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.

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Pepper Coast

Pepper Coast was the name given by European traders to a coastal area of western Africa, between Cape Mesurado and Cape Palmas.

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Porto-Novo

Porto-Novo (also known as Hogbonu and Ajashe) is the capital of Benin, and was the capital of French Dahomey.

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Portugal

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa),In recognized minority languages of Portugal: Portugal is the oldest state in the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times.

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Slavery in Africa

Slavery has historically been widespread in Africa, and still continues today in some countries.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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West Africa

West Africa, also called Western Africa and the West of Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_Coast_of_West_Africa

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