Ancient history

Slave Coast | Region, West Africa

Slave Coast , in 18th and 19th century history, the stretch of coast of the Gulfs of Guinea in Africa, roughly Volta flux west to Lagos in modern Nigeria or alternatively in the Niger Delta extends across Africa the East (in today's republics Togo , Benin and Nigeria). Although Germans, Danes, French, Portuguese, Swedes and Spaniards endeavored to establish forts and stations in this coastal region, it became primarily a sphere of Afro-British and Afro-Dutch trade in slaves and miscellaneous goods.

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