Early European Colonization of Africa (jan 1, 1400 – jan 1, 1500)

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In the 15 century, the age of exploration ushered in a period of sustained engagement between Europe and Africa.
The Portuguese, and later the Dutch and English, began trade with cities along the western coast of Africa around 1450, integrating them into colonial trade structures.

The 15th century also saw the colonization of several islands off the African west coast, subsequently primed for the extraction of resources, and early voyages explicitly centered on the capture of Africans as slave labor for the island colonies (to supplement the workforce of enslaved Natives) and the European mainland.


(Image: European Colonial Possessions in Africa, 1492)

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