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... slaves , thereby isolating itself from the growth of what was to become the major export from the Nigerian coast for 300 years . Benin continued to capture slaves and to employ them in its domestic economy , but the Edo state remained ...
... slaves , thereby isolating itself from the growth of what was to become the major export from the Nigerian coast for 300 years . Benin continued to capture slaves and to employ them in its domestic economy , but the Edo state remained ...
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... slaves were shipped from Nigeria to the Americas . Most of these slaves were Igbo and Yoruba , with signifi- cant concentrations of Hausa , Ibibio , and other ethnic groups . In the eighteenth century , two polities - Oyo and the Aro ...
... slaves were shipped from Nigeria to the Americas . Most of these slaves were Igbo and Yoruba , with signifi- cant concentrations of Hausa , Ibibio , and other ethnic groups . In the eighteenth century , two polities - Oyo and the Aro ...
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... slave trade . Indirectly , this legislation was one of the reasons for the collapse of Oyo . Britain withdrew from the slave trade while it was the major transporter of slaves to the Americas . Furthermore , the French had been knocked ...
... slave trade . Indirectly , this legislation was one of the reasons for the collapse of Oyo . Britain withdrew from the slave trade while it was the major transporter of slaves to the Americas . Furthermore , the French had been knocked ...
Contents
EARLY HISTORY | 4 |
Yorubaland Eleventh to Nineteenth Centuries | 8 |
Principal TransSaharan Trade Routes Ninth to Seventeenth Centuries | 12 |
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