What you'll learn

• The European end:
• a) Founding of companies.
• b) Building of special ships to carry slaves.
• c) The challenge of the long voyage provision of food and water
• d) The introduction of new food to Nigeria (cassava, maize, pawpaw etc.)
• The role of African coastal middlemen.
• The response of hinterland peoples the rise of traders like the Aro and other Oligarchies who became specialist in capturing and selling slaves.
• Development of slave markets in the hinterland
• Development of capital trust system and the growth in the use of different kinds of currencies such as cowries, iron, brass, copper etc.