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Most of the slave ships that transported slaves from Calabar were English; about 85% of these were owned by merchants based in Bristol and Liverpool. [5] The main ethnic group transported out of Calabar as slaves was the Igbo, although they were not the main ethnicity in the area. Many were taken there for sale from wars of the interior.
The Igbo of Igboland (in present-day Nigeria) became one of the principal ethnic groups to be enslaved during the Atlantic slave trade. An estimated 14.6% of all enslaved people were taken from the Bight of Biafra , a bay of the Atlantic Ocean that extends from the Nun outlet of the Niger River (Nigeria) to Limbe ( Cameroon ) to Cape Lopez ...
The traditional slave trade in Southern Nigeria preceded the arrival of European influence, [4] and continued locally long after the effective abolition of slavery in many other countries. [5] With the arrival of the transatlantic slave trade, traditional slave traders in southeastern Nigeria became suppliers of slaves to European slave traders ...
The slave trade was heaviest in the period 1700–1850, with an average of 76,000 people taken from Africa each year between 1783 and 1792. At first, the trade centered around West Central Africa, now the Congo. But in the 1700s, the Bight of Benin (also known as the Slave Coast) became the next most important hub.
A slave rebellion is an armed uprising by slaves, as a way of fighting for their freedom. Rebellions of slaves have occurred in nearly all societies that practice slavery or have practiced slavery in the past.
Olaudah Equiano (/ ə ˈ l aʊ d ə /; c. 1745 – 31 March 1797), known for most of his life as Gustavus Vassa (/ ˈ v æ s ə /), was a writer and abolitionist.According to his memoir, he was from the village of Essaka in modern southern Nigeria.
The western coast of Nigeria became the slave coast. In contrast to the Gold Coast further west (today's Ghana), the Europeans did not establish any fortified bases here until the middle of the 19th century. The harbour of Calabar on the historic Bay of Biafra became one of the largest slave trading centres in West Africa.
Secularism in Nigeria is a legal and constitutional principle that states that the government of Nigeria and its states shall not adopt any religion as a state religion, [1] and that every person shall have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. [1] Secularism in Nigeria is derived from the Constitution of Nigeria, which is ...