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14566398512Olaudah Equiano(1745-1797) African who was sold into slavery and bought his way out-kidnapped as a boy (age 11) from his home he was sold into slavery and sold amongst slave traders many times-he served in the Seven Years' War as a captain's boy and was then sold to a slave trader where he went to the Caribbean-from there a white colonist bought him and he eventually bought his way out of slavery-he went to England to live and published a book about slavery and his experiences-his message was widespread and helped to inspire the abolition of slavery0
14566400317Abolition of Slavery in English ColoniesBritish Colonies - 18331
14566402329Abolition of Slavery in French ColoniesFrench Colonies - 18482
14566405511Abolition of Slavery in United States1865 (Emancipation Proclamation)3
14566407139Abolition of Slavery in Cuba18864
14566412136CreoleDescendants of the Europeans in Latin America, usually implies an upper class status. (Also a pidgin language - blending together French and native languages)5
14566416130Cash Cropscrops, such as tobacco, sugar, and cotton, raised in large quantities in order to be sold for profit6
14566417254African Diasporiathe dispersal of African peoples and their descendants7
14566426028Plantation SocietiesLarge farms where slaves were forced to work Often produced cash crops Saw slave revolts (Hacienda System -S.A.)8
14566449683Triangular TradeA three way system of trade during 1600-1800s Africa sent slaves to America, America sent Raw Materials to Europe, and Europe sent Guns and Rum to Africa9
14566451214The Middle PassageA voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North & South America and the West Indies10
14566455265The Antonian Movement (Kongo)(18th century) Cult movement based on Africanized Christianity. Began when an aristocrat name Dona Beatriz proclaimed that St. Anthony of Padua had possessed her and chosen her to communicate his message.11
14566479666Queen NzingaFemale leader who ruled in Angola and spent almost 40 years battling Portuguese slave traders12
14566486799Kingdom of KongoBasin of the Congo (Zaire) river, conglomeration of several village alliances, participated actively in trade networks, most centralized rule of the early Bantu kingdoms, royal currency: cowries, ruled 14th-17th century until undermined by Portuguese slave traders13
14566490774Fall of SonghaiThe empire lasted 100 years after the death of Sunni Ali. In 1591 Moroccan soldiers crossed the Sahara with cannons, guns, and gunpowder easily killing the Songhai soldiers who fought with bows and arrows.14
14566492440Songhai AdministrationElaborate governmental administration & military apparatus to oversee affairs in his realm. Hierarchical order of command.15

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