Initial attempts to open trade with the…
1840 CE to 1851 CE
Use of quinine to combat malaria on similar expeditions in the 1850s will enable a Liverpool merchant, Macgregor Laird, to open the river.
Laird's efforts will be stimulated by the detailed reports of a pioneer German explorer, Heinrich Barth, who travels through much of Borno and the Sokoto Caliphate and records information about the region's geography, economy, and inhabitants.
Locations
Groups
Igbo people
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Hausa Kingdoms, the
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Hausa people
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Yoruba people
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Ijaw people
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Kano (Hausa city state)
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Zaria (Zazzau), Hausa City-State of
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Katsina (Hausa city state)
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Gobir (Hausa city state)
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Benin Empire
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Ibibio people
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Bonny, Ijo city-state of
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Oyo Empire
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Calabar, Efik state of
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Dahomey, Kingdom of
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Khasso, Fulani Jihad State
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Aro Confederacy
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Fouta Djallon (Futa Jallon) Fulani Jihad State
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Fouta-Toro, or Futa Toro, Fulani Jihad State of
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Elem, Ijo city-state of
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Equatorial Guinea, Spanish colony of
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United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC)
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Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
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Fulani Empire
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Nupe, Emirate of the
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Freetown (Sierra Leone), British Crown Colony of
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Sokoto, Kingdom of
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Macina (Masina), Fulani Jihad State of
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Spain, Bourbon Kingdom (first restoration) of
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Denmark, Kingdom of
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France, constitutional monarchy of
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Zaria, Emirate of
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Oyo, Yoruba Kingdom of
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