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The Bight of Biafra, also known as the Bight of Bonny, is a bight off the west-central African coast, in the easternmost part of the Gulf of Guinea. [1] This "bight" has also sometimes been erroneously referred to as the "Bight of Africa," due to the fact that it is at this point where the direction of the Western coastline of the African continent most prominently changes from a North/ South ...
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 to Cape Lopez [1] between 1650 and 1900. The Bight’s major slave trading ports were located in Bonny and Calabar. [2]
It is located along the Bight of Biafra and the Bight of Benin that is located between the Volta River and the Lagos Lagoon. [1] [2] The name is derived from the region's history as a major source of African people sold into slavery during the Atlantic slave trade from the early 16th century to the late 19th century.
Biafra (/ b i ˈ æ f r ə / bee-AF-rə), [4] officially the Republic of Biafra, [5] was a partially recognised state in West Africa [6] [7] that declared independence from Nigeria and existed from 1967 until 1970. [8] Its territory consisted of the former Eastern Region of Nigeria, predominantly inhabited by the Igbo ethnic group. [1]
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 ...
The acting British Consul in the Bight of Biafra, J.W.B. Lynslager, signed a document on 11 September 1855 appointing the chiefs Anne Pepple, Ada Allison, Captain Hart and Manilla Pepple as a regency, required to consult with Banigo and Oko Jumbo, "two gentlemen of the river".
Christian sailed from Liverpool 12 August 1796 bound for the Bight of Biafra. [4] In 1796, 103 vessels sailed from English ports, bound for Africa to acquire and transport enslaved people; 94 of these vessels sailed from Liverpool. [18] Elliot acquired captives at Bonny and arrived at Kingston on 25 February 1797. She had embarked 495 slaves ...
People from Biafra (2 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Biafra" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. ... Bight of Biafra; E. Eastern Security Network;