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The Slave Trade in the Bight of Biafra: Akan and Igbo Diaspora
In this episode of The Atlantic Slave Trade: Empire Built on Human Suffering, Lucas and Luna explore the often-overlooked region of the Bight of Biafra, which supplied millions of enslaved Africans—mostly Igbo, Ibibio, and Efik—to the Americas. They discuss the role of the Aro Confederacy, a powerful trading network that used oracles and alliances to capture and sell people from the interior. The episode delves into the impact on Igbo society, the Middle Passage experience specific to Biafran captives, and the cultural legacy in places like Virginia and the Caribbean. Lucas explains how the…
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