The Windward Coast was used to describe 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 what was called the Gold Coast. A related region was called the Pepper Coast or Grain Coast.
Windward Coast | |
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Windward Coast location in red | |
Status | Modern day Liberia, and Côte d'Ivoire |
Demonym(s) | Windwarders |
Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Culture
editThe Windwarders were renowned for their rice and indigo cultivation.[2]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "NPS Ethnography: African American Heritage & Ethnography". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2023-03-14.