Africo

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See also: africo and áfrico

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Noun

Africo (plural Africos or Africoes)

  1. (obsolete) A black slave.
    • Febraury 27 1682, William Hedges, Diary:
      Here we met with ye Barbadoes Merchant [] James Cock, Master, laden with Salt, Mules, and Africos.
    • Quoted in 2005, James A. Rawley, Stephen D. Behrendt, The Transatlantic Slave Trade: A History (page 298)
      a cargo of wine, sugar, salt, and tobacco, bought in exchange “for Africoes, which she carried from the Isle of Maio” (one of the Cape Verde Islands).