Windward Coast
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The Windward Coast is an area of West Africa located on the coast between Cape Mount and Assini,[1] i.e. the coastlines of the modern states of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ivory Coast, to the west of the Gold Coast. A related region is the Pepper Coast. It is called the Windward Coast because it was a place where European sailors met the Atlantic trade winds head-on, windward = upwind, or the direction from which the wind is blowing.
Culture
The Windwarders were renowned for their rice and indigo cultivation.[2]
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jones, Adam; Johnson, Marion (1980). "Slaves from the Windward Coast". The Journal of African History. 21. Cambridge University Press: 17–34. doi:10.1017/S0021853700017837. S2CID 162137010. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."NPS Ethnography: African American Heritage & Ethnography". www.nps.gov. Archived from the original on May 23, 2010. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
