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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I suspect there were [b]many from West Africa[/b] who did not survive the trip in the belly of the boats.[/quote]

Yes, you're probably right.  The Igbo from Nigeria were also known for being suicidal when faced with the prospect of enslavement.  That also "helped" to reduce their numbers in the U.S., I suppose.

"[b]The Igbo were known by planters and slavers of the American South for being fiercely independent and more unwilling to tolerate chattel slavery[/b]...Apparently the Africans went ashore and subsequently, under the direction of a high Igbo chief who was among them walked in unison into the creek singing in Igbo language "The Water Spirit brought us, the Water Spirit will take us home", thereby accepting the protection of their God, Chukwu and death over the alternative of slavery.  Roswell King, a white overseer on the nearby Pierce Butler plantation, wrote one of the only contemporary accounts of the incident which states that as soon as the Igbo landed on St. Simons Island they took to the swamp, committing suicide by walking into Dunbar Creek." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igbo_Landing)[/quote]

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