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6139905045factoriesEuropean trading fortresses and compounds with resident merchants; utilized throughout Portuguese trading empire to assure secure landing places and commerce0
6139912898El MinaMost important of early Portuguese trading factories in forest zone of Africa1
6139918657Nzinga MvembaKing of Kongo south of Zaire River from 1507 to 1543; converted to Christianity and took title Alfonso I; under Portuguese influence attempted to Christianize all of kingdom2
6139955510LuandaPortuguese factory established in 1520s of Kongo; became basis for Portuguese colony of Angola3
6139963523Royal African CompanyChartered in 1660s to establish a monopoly over the slave trade among British merchants; supplied African slaves to colonies in Barbados, Jamaica and Virginia4
6139971583Indies pieceTerm used within the complex exchange system established by Spanish for African trade; refereed to the value of an adult male slave5
6139979386triangular tradecommerce linking Africa, the new World colonies, and Europe; slaves carried to America for sugar and tobacco transported to Europe6
6139988159Asante empireestablished in Gold Coast among Akan people settled around Kumasi' dominated by Oyono clan; many clans linked under Osei Tutu after 16507
6139988160asantehenetitle taken by ruler of Asante empire; supreme civil and religious leader; authority symbolized by golden stool8
6139990937Osier Tutumember of Oyono clan of Akan peoples in Gold Coast region of Africa; responsible for creating unified Asante Empire in 1701; utilized Western firearms9
6140015464Dahomeykingdom developed among Fon or Aja people in 17th century; center at Abomey 70 miles from coast; under King Agaja expanded to control coastline and port of Whydah by 1727; accepted western firearms and goods in return for African slaves.10
6140028195LuoNilotic people who migrated from upper Nile valley; established dynasty among existing Bantu population in lake region of central eastern Africa; center at Bunyoro11
6140039933FulaniPastoral people of western Sudan; adopted purifying Sufi variant of Islam; under Usuman Dan Folio in 1804, launched revolt against Hausa kingdom; established state centered on Sokoto12
6140053471great trekMovement of Boer settlers in Cape Colony of southern Africa to escape influence of British colonial government in 1834; led to settlement of regions north of Orange River and Natal13
6140065365mfecaneWars of 19th century in southern Africa; created by Zulu expansion under Shaka; revolutionized political organization of southern Africa14
6140065366SwaziNew African state formed on model of Zulu chiefdom; survived mfecane15
6140067133LesothoSouthern African state that survived mfecane; not based on Zulu model; less emphasis on military organization, less authoritarian government16
6140089841Middle PassageSlave voyage from Africa to America (16th-18th century); generally a traumatic experience for black slaves; although it failed to strip Africans of their culture17
6140102599salt water slavesslaves transported from Africa; almost invariable black18
6140105271Creole slavesAmerican-born descendants of saltwater slaves; result of sexual exploitation of slave women or process of miscegenation (interbreeding of people from different races)19
6140125730obeahAfrican religious ideas and practices in the English and French Caribbean islands20
6140125731candombleAfrican religious ideas and practices in Brazil, particularly among the Yoruba people21
6140127465vodunAfrican religious ideas and practices among descendants of African slaves in Haiti22
6140138531PalmaresKingdom of runaway slaves with a population of 8000 to 10000 people; located in Brazil during the 17th century; leadership was Angolan23
6140147132SurinameFormerly a Dutch plantation colony on the coast of South America; location of runaway slave kingdom in 18th century; able to retain independence despite attempts to crush guerrilla resistance24
6140158562William WilberforceBritish statesman and reformer; leader of abolitionist movement in English parliament that led to end of English slave trade in 180725

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