European merchants deported an estimated 1.5 million slaves from the Bight of Benin, a territory that includes modern-day Benin and Togo and part of modern-day Nigeria, said Ana Lucia Araujo ...

An estimated 1.5 million slaves were deported from the Bight of Benin, a territory that includes modern-day Benin and Togo ...

But Benin’s citizenship law carries added significance, in part because of the role it played in the slave trade as one of the main points of departure. European merchants deported an estimated 1.5 ...