Meanings
nounAfrico (plural Africos or Africoes)
plural Africos · plural Africoes
- obsoleteA black slave.
Here we met with ye Barbadoes Merchant […] James Cock, Master, laden with Salt, Mules, and Africos.
Febraury 27 1682, William Hedges, Diary1 more example
[…] 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).
Quoted in 2005, James A. Rawley, Stephen D. Behrendt, The Transatlantic Slave Trade: A History (page 298)
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APA
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“Africo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Africo. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Africo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Africo.
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