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Re: Gberefu Island Point Of No Return, Badagry – The Original Slave Route by Housing(m): 5:00pm On May 13, 2021 |
travelwaka: Endeavour to follow back 1 Like |
Re: Gberefu Island Point Of No Return, Badagry – The Original Slave Route by Lekan239(m): 5:01pm On May 13, 2021 |
Realestatepro:actually they did not take them, they bought them |
Re: Gberefu Island Point Of No Return, Badagry – The Original Slave Route by sylve11: 5:31pm On May 13, 2021 |
Interesting thread @ op. There is one slave bank in Owhe, Isoko north. Interesting to see things like these but wish it never happened. 1 Like |
Re: Gberefu Island Point Of No Return, Badagry – The Original Slave Route by tubouncen(m): 5:38pm On May 13, 2021 |
ednut1: You don't know history brother, gun alone cannot win war, they were sold by other blacks (chiefs) in exchange for something as low as mirror, comb, mug and some fake jewelry etc |
Re: Gberefu Island Point Of No Return, Badagry – The Original Slave Route by Kingstanding: 5:44pm On May 13, 2021 |
ednut1:. I pray you will have encountered with Chief Sunday Igboho or go and have sex with Babalawo"s wife you will know that there is (Magun )thunderbolt. You be small pikin. |
Re: Gberefu Island Point Of No Return, Badagry – The Original Slave Route by annyz: 6:11pm On May 13, 2021 |
dasparrow: At least Nigeria is not among the country they ever wished to be moved back to. They listen to news u know? |
Re: Gberefu Island Point Of No Return, Badagry – The Original Slave Route by Fantasial: 6:15pm On May 13, 2021 |
Freestainworld: No they are not...they suffered immeasurably till they died. Those you are referring to are their great great grand children. I pray that you don't experience what true slavery is. You would never make this your statement. |
Re: Gberefu Island Point Of No Return, Badagry – The Original Slave Route by donnie(m): 6:21pm On May 13, 2021 |
Only if our people know that these were the children of Judah taken into captivity. |
Re: Gberefu Island Point Of No Return, Badagry – The Original Slave Route by shoneye2oluseyi(m): 6:24pm On May 13, 2021 |
900warriorz:Henceforth you are now appointed as the commander in chief of the armed forces of southern Nigeria |
Re: Gberefu Island Point Of No Return, Badagry – The Original Slave Route by shoneye2oluseyi(m): 6:28pm On May 13, 2021 |
I recommend these 3 books to all Southern Nigeria warriors *How Europe underdeveloped Africa.-Walter Rodney *Rached of the earth-fanz fanon *How nations fail-(forgotten) |
Re: Gberefu Island Point Of No Return, Badagry – The Original Slave Route by abidem4real: 6:34pm On May 13, 2021 |
travelwaka:Na wa o! Our great grand parents had really suffered in the wicked hands of the White. I wish I had the power to turn back the hand of time and face those slave masters and exterminate them all |
Re: Gberefu Island Point Of No Return, Badagry – The Original Slave Route by NamelessOGBENI(m): 6:35pm On May 13, 2021 |
Wa pon Gbagi Welcome to Badagry... |
Re: Gberefu Island Point Of No Return, Badagry – The Original Slave Route by Mccullum: 6:39pm On May 13, 2021 |
travelwaka: Slavery has been in Nigeria since unknown period, only transatlantic slave trade operated in Badagry, that different with slavery that had been in existence for long before the commencement of slave trade. |
Re: Gberefu Island Point Of No Return, Badagry – The Original Slave Route by hibeebeeking: 7:50pm On May 13, 2021 |
dasparrow:. Their is a reason for every one to in this world. In every place you find yourself, your character matters a lot. The whites are wicked,likewise the blacks. In this jungle we are now, we don't tolerate other tribe. How do you want whites people yo tolerate blacks? |
Re: Gberefu Island Point Of No Return, Badagry – The Original Slave Route by musicwriter(m): 8:44pm On May 13, 2021 |
Some of you should be ashamed of yourselves!!. Some even said they prefer to have been enslaved. What a pity!! Europeans did not first come to Africa for slave trade. They couldn't have because Africa was fairly economically better than Europe until Europeans destroyed our social order upon their arrival. Initially, Europeans came for legitimate trade in things such as gold, ivory, grain, spices, not slave trade because there was no such thing as slave trade in Africa before Europeans arrived. The said items and many others had been supplied to Europeans by Africans called MOORS who first crossed to Europe from African hinterland. For centuries, Europeans had been trying to figure out where the moors brought the items from, and from about the early 1400's Europeans (Portugal) learned how to go to sea and finally figured out that the items were bought from West Africa. Then followed Spain. Arriving to Africa they met a very seren, humane, honest people with little military development in terms of ammunition. The first slaves were not abducted, rather they were hired as INDENTURED labourers which was also a method of getting workforce in Europe at that time. Many were hired by the Portuguese and after serving for a couple of years did return to Africa or even chose to live in Europe. Yes, they were already black people in Europe before the Atlantic slave trade but they were not slaves as is known today. Fast track..... When the Europeans discovered the Americas, they found themselves in a situation where they require large workforce to farm the vast land there. In about 1492, Christopher Columbus "discovered" America and the Spanish king and the reigning pope that sponsored his vogage began tricking large workforce (both WHITES and black) to the Americas to farm the land. Yes, white people were also slaves. It was later in about 1645 or there about that a British judge passed a judgement in court which said that whites can redeem themselves as indentured labourers after working for a master for a while but that blacks and their children will forever be slaves.............I am kind of getting ahead of myself. Back to acquisition of slaves in Africa..... Scarcity of workforce led them to Africa. To get the needed labourers, Europeans deviced so many tricks to lure African kings to turn over young people as work force. Nobody was bought and sold!. They weren't even a currency to buy and sell anything, so the talk of trade is out of the question. How then did Europeans get the slaves? The slaves were initially mainly felons and prisoners of wars and criminals who were unwanted by society. African leaders began turning over these unwanted people over to Europeans in exchange for items such as mirror, wine or things of that nature. I have a fairly accurate BBC (British) source. It reads; "rich and powerful Africans were able to demand a variety of consumer articles and in some places even gold for captives, who may have been acquired through warfare or by other means, initially without massive disruption to African societies. However, by the mid-17th century the European demand for captives, particularly for the sugar plantations in the Americas, became so great that they could only be acquired through initiating raiding and warfare. There is no doubt that some societies preyed on others to obtain captives in exchange for European firearms, in the belief that if they did not acquire firearms in this way to protect themselves, they would be attacked and captured by their rivals and enemies who did possess such weapons." END OF QUOTE. No matter how many felons turned over by African kings but it wasn't enough because crime rate in Africa was very low. Europeans then began providing arms and other incentives to African kings to wage war against their neighbors. Example; if Britain were to arrive Benue State in Nigeria today, they'll provide guns to governor Ottom to solve his need against the herdsmen ravaging his state. France in turn would arm the governor of neigboring Katsina state. So, over time the whole African continent descended into ethnic wars. More wars meant more prisoners of war. And more prisoners of war meant more slaves. Many African kings were against slave trade but they won't tell you this. In 1526, king Alfonso, (I believe in today's Angola) revolted against slave trade in his kingdom. In 1720, king Trudo in (Dahomey) today's Benin republic revolted against slave trade. In 1630, Queen Nzinga in today's Angola revolted the Portuguese against slavery in her kingdom. After the initial honest exchange of felons, the most part of what we know as slaves were gotten through trickery, coercion, war, threat, kidnapping. Nobody was "trading" a human being in Africa before the arrival of Europeans. Through inducement by Europeans, slavery evolved and later took a life of it's own having Africans participating without even realizing what the White man did with the slaves. British Mungo Park had captured slaves along the river Niger and he said someone among the natives asked him "what do you do with the slaves in your country? Do you eat them?" Our kings and elites were used just as most of them are still used today. Then they gave us an education to keep us blind and to have you thank them for enslaving you. See the true history of slavery and slave acquisition in Africa https://www.africason.com/2016/03/the-true-history-of-slavery-and-slave.html?m=1 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Gberefu Island Point Of No Return, Badagry – The Original Slave Route by Athemisia: 9:47pm On May 13, 2021 |
ednut1:Dey there... Boiz dey use am dey command oyinbo for abroad like zombie from naija. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Gberefu Island Point Of No Return, Badagry – The Original Slave Route by Athemisia: 9:55pm On May 13, 2021 |
musicwriter:Wow... Powerful and informative... I see Africans liberating themselves from mental slavery it's only a matter of time.
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Re: Gberefu Island Point Of No Return, Badagry – The Original Slave Route by Proffdada: 11:04pm On May 13, 2021 |
The name Badagry must have been derived from BAD AGREEMENT |
Re: Gberefu Island Point Of No Return, Badagry – The Original Slave Route by baloney: 11:30pm On May 13, 2021 |
Re: Gberefu Island Point Of No Return, Badagry – The Original Slave Route by Nobody: 11:50pm On May 13, 2021 |
stunnert:How do you know the temperature of the hand of death, have you ever feel it? Me, i think it's hot, lol. 1 Like |
Re: Gberefu Island Point Of No Return, Badagry – The Original Slave Route by merits(m): 11:54pm On May 13, 2021 |
dasparrow: Kudos!to you, sometimes I just look at some people posting rubbish I want to Japa to oversea,I want to leave this shithole country I will laugh at them it's bcuz they haven't be there before by the time they go there and see what whites are doing with blacks they will have a rethink.I know Nigeria is passing through a lot but we need to join hand and make it better we don't need to run away from our challenges if not we will come back and meet it where we left it,we can pay the supreme price for generation to come, and our children will reap the benefits.Some people pay supreme price for the independence we are enjoying today.Any blacks found himself in whites land is like a thorn in their flesh.they hate blacks with passion and they make it clear to you,that they don't want you. NB:For me oo I always just go there for vacation or tourism and f.uck hell out of those whites olosho.And return back to my hood no time. |
Re: Gberefu Island Point Of No Return, Badagry – The Original Slave Route by 900warriorz: 12:12am On May 14, 2021 |
shoneye2oluseyi:Bros if you give person like me that kind role ehn, people go suffer oo. I dey blunt and straight forward. I no dey perfect but I love orderliness.. Any small shit, heads don roll oo I no dey pity serious offenders fa. You still wanna appoint me? |
Re: Gberefu Island Point Of No Return, Badagry – The Original Slave Route by RaptorX: 2:49am On May 14, 2021 |
Akwamkpuruamu:Millions of black Americans living in the ghetto and dying from gun violence daily so be careful what you wish for. I don't know if this kind of comments come from ignorance and lack of exposure or people trying to be silly for cheap NL likes. |
Re: Gberefu Island Point Of No Return, Badagry – The Original Slave Route by selemempe: 7:07am On May 15, 2021 |
shebcylov:what that guy told u is true o. But u wont understand sha. Nigeria is bad but many other african countries may offer you a happier life than america o. I live abroad so i knw what im saying |
Re: Gberefu Island Point Of No Return, Badagry – The Original Slave Route by Raph82(m): 9:24pm On Jul 08, 2021 |
My question is when others were being pushed into the boat at this gberefu port, where did my great-great-grandfather go? I will have to ask my father this question. I need an answer. |
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