1505-1752 History of Southern Africa 1880-1918






The Colony of Portuguese East Africa, 1752-1880



In 1752, Portugal's possessions on East Africa's coast were separated from Portuguese India and placed under a CAPTAIN GENERAL, residing in the city of MO&Cecedil;AMBIQUE (which in time gave it's name to the country). The Portuguese began to trade slaves (mainly destined to the French Mascarene islands, Mauritius and Reunion). The Portuguese also introduced corn and the cashew nut, both from the Americas, to Mocambique.
With the loss of Brazil in 1822 and slave trade being outlawed, Portugal's politicians focussed more on their African possessions. The concept of a Portuguese Empire in Africa was formulated in the 1830es and some steps were undertaken to penetrate the country, but the Portuguese hold was not felt much beyond the coast and along the banks of the lower Zambezi river.






EXTERNAL
FILES 		History of Mocambique, from Infoplease and from Frelimo
Chronology of Mocambique History, from Frelimo
DOCUMENTS
REFERENCE Shubi L. Ishemo, Forced Labour and Migration in Portuguese African Colonies, pp.162-165 in : Robin Cohen, The Cambridge Survey of World Migration, Cambridge : UP 1995, KMLA Lib.Sign. 304.809 C678c



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First posted in 2001, last revised on May 23rd 2006

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