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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 ...
Some recorded populations of people of African descent on Caribbean islands recorded 2,863 Igbo on Trinidad and Tobago in an 1813 census; [9] 894 in Saint Lucia in an 1815 census; [10] 440 on Saint Kitts and Nevis in an 1817 census; [11] and 111 in Guyana in an 1819 census. [12]
Most of the people who were stolen from Nigeria were likely to have been Igbo or Yoruba. [13] Other ethnic groups such as the Fula and Edo peoples were also captured and transported to the colonies in the New World. The Igbo were exported mainly to Maryland [14] and Virginia. [15]
The Igbo people today are known as the ethnic group that has adopted Christianity the most in all of Africa. [173] 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. [174]
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]
American people of Igbo descent (80 P) I. Igbo-American history (10 P) Pages in category "Igbo diaspora in the United States"
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.
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.