Slave Trade Museum Travel Guide: Top Sights in Nigeria, Tours &

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Slave Trade Museum- Travel Tips What to See, How to Plan & Tours: Historical & Cultural; Nigeria; 5 Reviews

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Suggested Duration: 2 hours

Located in Calabar, once a key hub in the transatlantic slave trade, the Slave History Museum offers a detailed account of the region's role in the forced migration of approximately 200,000 Africans between 1662 and 1863. Opened in 2011 on the site of a 15th-century slave-trading warehouse at Marina Beach, the museum is housed in a former barracoon and managed by the Nigerian National Commission for Museums and Monuments. It presents the history through artifacts, reconstructed scenes, and personal narratives of those involved—captives, traders, and abolitionists—based on both oral and written sources. Exhibits cover the procurement and shipment of slaves, the Esuk Mba slave market, and the eventual abolition movement.

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Reviews of Slave History Museum

Austin Agladima

5
Reviewed: 2024-12-14

Very enlightening, and details.
ayo emakhiomhe

5
Reviewed: 2023-12-01

They have done well in preserving and presenting the story of slave trade through their region. It's also a beautiful place
Mr Curtis

5
Reviewed: 2023-05-28

I visited the Slave History Museum and was impressed with the information they chose to include in the in place. The museum designers made really good choices on what to include and how to describe it. The museum is rich with slave history and provides insight into fundamental facts related to the African slave trade generally. Try it, I promise you will love it.
Michael Christn

5
Reviewed: 2023-05-05

The history in this place is a must see. I wish it was better maintained but in typical Nigerian fashion, we have let a good thing die. Really found the history lesson to be eye opening.
AGWALLA CHUKWUMA

5
Reviewed: 2018-08-08

History is well documented and presented here in an uncanny way. Also there’s a breathtaking view of the river outside. You need to see it for yourself.