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Grain Coast

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A historical region of western Africa along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, roughly corresponding to present-day Liberia. It was named for its once-thriving trade in grains of paradise.

 

 
 
Columbia Encyclopedia: Grain Coast,
W Africa, former name of a part of the Atlantic coast that is roughly identical with the coast of modern Liberia. In the 15th cent. “grains of paradise,” i.e., seeds of the melegueta pepper, became a major export item; hence the name Grain Coast.

 
Wikipedia: Pepper Coast

Pepper Coast is the name of a coastal area in western Africa, between Cape Mesurado and Cape Palmas. It encloses the present republic of Liberia and got its name from the melegueta pepper. Also known as Grain Coast after the naming "grain of paradise" for melegueta.


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