Global InformationGberefu Island information
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Native name: Gberefu | |
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 The two poles slightly slanted towards each other | |
  Gberefu Island | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Close to Atlantic Ocean |
| Coordinates | 6°25′01″N 2°52′59″E / 6.417°N 2.883°E |
| Administration | |
 Nigeria | |
| State | Lagos State |
| Local government area | Badagry |
| Demographics | |
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| Additional information | |
| Gberefu Island was opened as a slave port in 1473. | |
Gberefu Island also known as Point of No Return is a populated historical island located in Badagry, a town and local government area of Lagos State, South-Western Nigeria.[1] Symbolized by two poles slightly slanted towards each other and facing the Atlantic Ocean, the island was a major slave port after it was opened in 1473 during the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade era.[2] According to Nigerian historians, as many as 3 million slaves were believed to have been shipped to the Caribbean and Americas between 1518 and 1880 from the island.[3]
- ^ Abiose Adelaja (30 August 2014). "Badagry Slave Route faces environmental degradation". Premium Times. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- ^ "Gberefu: Echoes of slaves' footsteps". The Nation. 30 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- ^ "Black Americans face slave legacy in Nigeria". News24. 30 May 2001. Retrieved 12 August 2015.