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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 event was titled “Nigeria: Osu Caste System in Igboland Ends Today.” [13] Additionally, on 7 April 2021, another abolition ceremony took place in Nsukka , Enugu , as 119 villages in nine autonomous communities in Nsukka town, Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, gathered to eradicate the Osu Caste System in their communities.
Prior to the gradual abolition of slavery in Nigeria by British colonial authorities beginning in the mid-1880s, Ibibio society ranked people, in descending order, as freeborn (amanisong), strangers or later immigrants (ududung), and slaves (ifn). Slaves were purchased in slave markets or captured through intergroup wars.
During burials for a chief, slaves were killed, bullocks were killed and eaten, guns were fired, dancing and other amusements took place. [9] In Ndokiland, slaves that were bought had privileges of cultivating their farmland and marriage. However, this was only with the guarantee of a freeborn. [10]: 324 and 325
The highest hierarchy in the Mande caste system, the Horon (nobles/freeborn), are traditionally farmers, fisherman, warriors and animal breeders, the lowest caste are the Jonow, a "slave" caste, made up of people whose ancestors were enslaved by other Africans during wars.
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 ...
Most of the Latin American returnees or Amaro started migrating to Africa after slavery was abolished on the continent, while others from West Africa, or the Saro, were recaptured and freed slaves already resident in Sierra Leone. Many of the returnees chose to return to Nigeria for cultural, missionary and economic reasons.
Pages in category "Nigerian slaves" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. E. Olaudah Equiano;