Initially most palm oil (and later kernels)…

1840 CE to 1851 CE

Initially most palm oil (and later kernels) come from Igboland, where palm trees form a canopy over the densely inhabited areas of the Ngwa, Nri, Awka, and other Igbo peoples.

Palm oil is used locally for cooking, the kernels are a source for food, trees are tapped for palm wine, and the fronds are used for building material.

It is a relatively simple adjustment for many Igbo families to transport the oil to rivers and streams that lead to the Niger Delta for sale to European merchants.

The rapid expansion in exports, especially after 1830, had occurred precisely at the time slave exports collapsed.

Instead, slaves have been redirected into the domes-tic economy, especially to grow the staple food crop, yams, in northern Igboland for marketing throughout the palm-tree belt.

As before, Aro merchants dominate trade, including the sale of slaves within Igboland as well as palm products to the coast.

They maintained their central role in the confederation that governs the region.

Locations
Ibadan Oyo Nigeria View →

Groups
Igbo people View → Hausa Kingdoms, the View → Hausa people View → Yoruba people View → Ijaw people View → Kano (Hausa city state) View → Zaria (Zazzau), Hausa City-State of View → Katsina (Hausa city state) View → Gobir (Hausa city state) View → Benin Empire View → Ibibio people View → Bonny, Ijo city-state of View → Oyo Empire View → Calabar, Efik state of View → Dahomey, Kingdom of View → Khasso, Fulani Jihad State View → Aro Confederacy View → Fouta Djallon (Futa Jallon) Fulani Jihad State View → Fouta-Toro, or Futa Toro, Fulani Jihad State of View → Elem, Ijo city-state of View → Equatorial Guinea, Spanish colony of View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View → Fulani Empire View → Nupe, Emirate of the View → Freetown (Sierra Leone), British Crown Colony of View → Sokoto, Kingdom of View → Macina (Masina), Fulani Jihad State of View → Spain, Bourbon Kingdom (first restoration) of View → Denmark, Kingdom of View → France, constitutional monarchy of View → Zaria, Emirate of View → Oyo, Yoruba Kingdom of View →

Topics
Sub-Saharan Africa, Modern View → West African Blockade View →

Commodities
Weapons View → Oils, gums, resins, and waxes View → Slaves View →

Subjects
Commerce View → Conflict View → Faith View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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