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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]...This ancient town of Badagry was founded around l425 A.D. Before its existence, people lived along the Coast of Gberefu and this area later gave birth to the town of Badagry. It is the second largest commercial town in Lagos State, located an hour from Lagos and half an hour from the Republic of Benin. The Town of Badagry is bordered on the south by the Gulf of Guinea and surrounded by creeks, islands and a lake. The ancient town served mainly the Oyo Empire, which was comprised of Yoruba and Ogu people. Today, the Aworis and Egun are mainly the people who live in the town of Badagry as well as in Ogun State in Nigeria and in the neighbouring Republic of Benin. In the early 1500's, slaves were transported from West Africa to America through Badagry. Also Africans were taken to Europe, South America and the Caribbean. [b]The slaves came mainly from West Africa and the neighbouring countries of Benin and Togo as well as other parts of Nigeria. The slave trade became the major source of income for the Europeans in Badagry. Today, Badagry is an historic site because of the significant role it played as a major slave port in Nigeria. [/b][/quote]

[quote]Over the period of the whole trade, more than 3.5 million slaves were shipped from Nigeria to the Americas. Most of these slaves were Igbo and Yoruba, with significant concentrations of Hausa, Ibibio, and other ethnic groups.[/quote]

[quote]West Africa...Gold coast...Kingdom of Benin known as slave coast...for the Americas[/quote]

http://old.antislavery.org/breakingthesilence/slave_routes/slave_routes_nigeria.shtml

The "off-shore" slave traders had more success on the West African coast...the mosquitos amongst other surprises were increasing health threats with further interior penetration!
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How does this conflict with the earlier post?  The vast majority of enslaved Nigerians were apparently NOT shipped to the United States.  The Americas (as referenced above) includes North, South and Central America, as well as the Caribbean.  It appears that Nigerians tended to land in the part of the Americas that is not the United States. Is this controversial?[/quote]

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