A lively slave trade to the Americas…

1828 CE to 1839 CE

A lively slave trade to the Americas will nonetheless continue into the 1860s.

The demands of Cuba and Brazil are met by a flood of captives taken in wars among the Yoruba and shipped from Lagos, and the Aro continue to supply the delta ports with slave exports through the 1830s.

Despite the British blockade, almost one million slaves will be exported from Nigeria in the nineteenth century.

The risk involved in running the British blockade obviously makes profits all the greater on delivery.

The campaign to eradicate the slave trade and substitute for it trade in other commodities will increasingly result in British intervention in the internal affairs of the Nigerian region during the nineteenth century and ultimately lead to the decision to assume jurisdiction over the coastal area.

Suppression of the slave trade and issues related to slavery will remain at the forefront of British dealings with local states and societies for the rest of the nineteenth century and even into the twentieth century.

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 → Slaves View →

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

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