Chapter 24 Flashcards

51998505	Thomas Peters	rebellious slave who escaped his master during war and fight for British with the "Black Pioneers." founded Sierra Leone as a colony for former slaves	0
51998506	Sunni Ali	created Sunni Dynasty; rule lasted 30 years; many military campaigns/victories; conquered Timbuktu and Djenne, which gave Songhai control of trade; focus on trading empire	1
51998507	Afonso I	African king that converted to christianity, requested missionaries in his land "Great Zimbabwe", then switched to paganism. Resources were exploited and african slaves were taken with his consent	2
51998508	Nzinga	ruled lands in modern day Angola and Congo, who spent almost 40 years battling Portuguese slave traders in an effort to stop them from enslaving her people	3
51998509	Dona Beatriz	former priestess of African Religion, taught that Kongo was the Holy Land of Christianity	4
51998510	Olaudah Equiano	Enslaved African writer. In 1789, he wrote an autobiography describing his life in slavery	5
51998511	Songhay	Sucessor of Mali; dominated middle reaches of the Niger valley; capital at Gao	6
51998512	Ndongo(Angola)	kingdom south of Kongo, called Angola because the Portuguese call it by the title of a king (ngola)	7
51998513	Fulani	African group who rebelled against the Germans in German East Africa in the 1890's	8
51998514	Antonian Movement	flourished in the 18 century; began when an aristocrat name Dona Beatriz proclaimed that St. Anthony of Padua had possessed her and chosen her to communicate his message.	9
51998515	Trianglular Slave	Slave trade stated in Africa to Carribean to North America and trading other items	10
51998516	Middle Passage	a voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies	11
51998517	Maroons	African slaves that escaped and created their own society separate from Colonial authorities (Garifuna)	12