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Igbo people prior to the American Civil War were brought to the United States by force from their hinterland homes on the Bight of Biafra and shipped by Europeans to North America between the 17th and 19th centuries. Identified Igbo slaves were often described by the ethnonyms Ibo and Ebo(e), a colonial American rendering of Igbo. Some Igbo ...
American people of Igbo descent (80 P) I. Igbo-American history (10 P) Pages in category "Igbo diaspora in the United States"
The Igbo people today are known as the ethnic group that has adopted Christianity the most in all of Africa. [172] The Holy Ghost depicted as a dove on a relief in Onitsha. The Igbo people were unaffected by the Islamic jihad waged in Nigeria in the 19th century, but a small minority converted to Islam in the 20th century. [173]
Enslaved people could have been originally farmers, nobility, or even people who had committed petty crimes. [4] These captured people would be taken and sold to European slave traders on the coast. Another way people were enslaved was through the divine oracle who resided in the Cave Temple complex. [5]
Igbo Landing was the final scene of events which in 1803 amounted to a "major act of resistance" by the Africans. These events have had enduring symbolic importance in African-American folklore and literary history. [10] The mutiny by the Igbo people has been referred to as the first "freedom march" in the history of America. [5]
Pages in category "American people of Igbo descent" The following 80 pages are in this category, out of 80 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Igbo people in Jamaica were trafficked by Europeans onto the island between the 18th and 19th centuries as enslaved labour on plantations. Igbo people constituted a large portion of the African population enslaved people in Jamaica. Jamaica received the largest number of enslaved people from the biafra region than anywhere else in the diaspora ...
Igbo Americans are citizens of the United States who were born in Igboland or who are of Igbo descent. Pages in category "Igbo-American history" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.