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Velekete Slave Market
Market located in Badagry, Lagos State, Nigeria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Vlekete Slave Market is a market located in Badagry, Lagos State.[1] Established in 1502 and named after the Vlekete deity, the goddess of the ocean and wind[2] the market was significant during the Atlantic slave trade in Badagry, as it served as a business point where African middlemen sold slaves to European slave merchants, thus making it one of the most populous slave markets in West Africa.[3]
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