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Pulse Nigeria
Pulse Nigeria
The history of slavery is a chapter filled with pain, suffering, and resilience. The transatlantic slave trade, a period of unfathomable cruelty and exploitation, saw millions of Africans forcibly taken from their homelands to faraway shores.This article delves into the major regions of Nigeria from which slaves were taken, uncovering a history that is essential to understanding Nigeria’s past. The Bight of BiafraThe Bight of Biafra, encompassing present-day Southeastern Nigeria, was a major source of enslaved Africans during the transatlantic slave trade. Communities such as the Igbo, Ibibio,…