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*Soon after 1600, Malawi native tribesmen began encountering, trading with and making alliances with '''Portuguese traders and members of the military'''. | *Soon after 1600, Malawi native tribesmen began encountering, trading with and making alliances with '''Portuguese traders and members of the military'''. | ||
*The Indian Ocean slave trade reached its height in the mid- The 1800s, when approximately 20,000 people were enslaved and considered to be carried yearly from Nkhotakota to Kilwa where they were sold. | *The Indian Ocean slave trade reached its height in the mid- The 1800s, when approximately 20,000 people were enslaved and considered to be carried yearly from Nkhotakota to Kilwa where they were sold. | ||
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*In 1907, the protectorate was renamed Nyasaland, a name it retained for the remainder of its time under British rule. | *In 1907, the protectorate was renamed Nyasaland, a name it retained for the remainder of its time under British rule. | ||
*In a prime example of what is sometimes called the "Thin White Line" of colonial authority in Africa, the colonial government of Nyasaland was formed in 1891. The administrators were given a budget of £10,000 (1891 nominal value) per year, which was enough to employ '''ten European civilians, two military officers, seventy Punjab Sikhs and eighty-five Zanzibar porters'''. These few employees were then expected to administer and police a territory of around 94,000 square kilometers with between one and two million people.<ref>"Malawi", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malawi, accessed 14 June 2021.</ref> | *In a prime example of what is sometimes called the "Thin White Line" of colonial authority in Africa, the colonial government of Nyasaland was formed in 1891. The administrators were given a budget of £10,000 (1891 nominal value) per year, which was enough to employ '''ten European civilians, two military officers, seventy Punjab Sikhs and eighty-five Zanzibar porters'''. These few employees were then expected to administer and police a territory of around 94,000 square kilometers with between one and two million people.<ref>"Malawi", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malawi, accessed 14 June 2021.</ref> | ||
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