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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. 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. According to Nigerian historians, as many as 10,000 slaves were believed to have been shipped to the Caribbean and Americas between 1518 and 1880 from the island.

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  • Gberefu Island (en)
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  • 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. 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. According to Nigerian historians, as many as 10,000 slaves were believed to have been shipped to the Caribbean and Americas between 1518 and 1880 from the island. (en)
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  • Gberefu Island (en)
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  • Gberefu Island (en)
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  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/231335586_Point_of_No_Return,_Badagry.jpg
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  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SLAVE_POINT_OF_NO_RETURN,_BADAGRY.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sunset_at_the_Point_of_no_Return_at_Gberefun_Island,_Badagry.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tourist_at_Point_of_no_Return_at_Gberefun_Island,_Badagry.jpg
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  • The two poles slightly slanted towards each other (en)
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  • POINT OF NO RETURN, Slave Trade route, Badagry, Lagos.tif (en)
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  • Close to Atlantic Ocean (en)
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  • Gberefu (en)
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  • 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. 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. According to Nigerian historians, as many as 10,000 slaves were believed to have been shipped to the Caribbean and Americas between 1518 and 1880 from the island. (en)
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  • Gberefu Island was opened as a slave port in 1473. (en)
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  • Yoruba language and Ewe/Egun Language (en)
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