Perhaps you are a longing for a #SilentSunday, in this case this week’s #BlackHistoryMonth #emdiplomacy take offers you a relaxing weekend read:
Today we focus on #CapeVerde which were discovered by the #Portuguese in the middle of the 15th c. In 1466 the islands received trading rights in West #Africa. Cape Verde provided a stopover on the transatlantic slave trading route. Moreover, plantations were established there. However, #earlymodern Cabo Verdean society was decidedly mixed. (1/7)
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