In addition, it seems that word spread rapidly through coastal African communities about the strange and violent new ship-borne outsiders. So fast, indeed, that it forced the Portuguese to venture farther and farther south and then eastward along the continent’s coast in order to ensure a sufficient yield in captives. That is because once they had raided any spot along the coast, on learning the news, villagers far and wide would have been made wary of further visits by whites.
