Ethnic Origin of Recaptives in Sierra Leone, 1848 |
||
|---|---|---|
Region & Ethnic Group |
Number |
% |
| Senegambia | 16 | 0.1 |
| Wolof | ||
| Sierra Leone | 905 | 6.8 |
| Malinke | 188 | |
| Temne | 5 | |
| Fulbe | 14 | |
| Susu | 51 | |
| Mende, etc. (Koso) | 609 | |
| Sherbro | 38 | |
| Windward Coast | 60 | 0.5 |
| Basa, etc. | ||
| Gold Coast | 168 | 1.3 |
| Akan, etc. (Kromantees) | ||
| Bight of Benin | 8,459 | 63.7 |
| Fon, Gun, etc. (Popos) | 1,075 | |
| Yoruba | 7,114 | |
| Nupe | 163 | |
| Benin | 107 | |
| Bight of Biafra | 2,677 | 20.2 |
| Ibo | 1,231 | |
| Efik, Ibibio, etc. (Calabahs) | 319 | |
| Northwest Bantu (Moko) | 470 | |
| Hausa | 657 | |
| Angola-Mozambique | 439 | 3.3 |
| West coast generally (Congo) | 421 | |
| East coast generally (Mozambique) | 18 | |
| Other | 549 | 4.1 |
| Total | 13,273 | 100.0 |
Source: Data from PP, 1849, xxxiv [C.1126], pp. 304-5.
Published in The Atlantic Slave Trade, Philip D. Curtin,
The University of Wisconsin Press, 1969