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10 historical timeline of Lagos

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Nothing supersedes  history in the past experience of humans, and as historical occurrences is so important for the upcoming generation, the usefulness cannot be neglected. Today on we explore 10 historical occurrences that made Lagos, Nigeria the king of all Nigeria States from the facts that Lagos state was usurped by the Oba of Benin in the late 13th century to the fact that Lagos states only becomes part of Nigeria in 1914. Let go down the Timeline in history. 1300-1400AD: CITING OF HUMAN Long before 13th century, humans have been inhabiting the present site of Lagos state and the people the who got credited for that are a partition of Yoruba ethnicity CALLED THE AWORIS. EARLY-1400AD. PEACE TREATY At some point when the 14th century is still young, when the immersive Benin Empire was a real dominant force to reckon with, the Oba of the Benin Empire, received a formal complaint submitted to him about disturbances along the trade routes on hearing such the king s...
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christopher columbus fourth voyage: 1502- 1504

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The disaster that was the third voyage essentially brought to a close the Columbus Era in the New World. While other explorers, such as Amerigo  Vespucci , believed that Columbus had found previously unknown lands, he stubbornly held to the claim that he had found the eastern edge of Asia and that he would soon find the markets of India, China and Japan. Although many at court believed Columbus to be mad, he was able to put together a fourth voyage, which as well as his previous three voyages will be financed by the Spanish crown. and as promised we bring to your face the fourth and last visit and exploration of the great sealord to the 'new world'.     the fourth voyage:
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the third voyage of Christopher Columbus: imprisoned and acquainted

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After the discovery on his  maiden voyage  in 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed to the Americas the second time, and this time was with large fleet and the only reward was the discovery of the island of Santo Domingo situated in the present day Dominican republic, stumbling upon many problems in the journey, but the creation of the settlement at santo Domingo where Christopher Columbus became the governor general, but he have to go back to Spain due to shortage of resources. Columbus has thought of selling the slaves he acquired in the islands on getting back to Spain but to his uttermost dismay his patrons king Ferdinand and queen Isabella did not allow for taking of slaves in the islands.
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the second voyage of Christopher Columbus: a taste in slavery

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  some days ago we posted about this great captain that soar on the great atlantic to find the new world, and the importance of his four voyages cannot be belittled. having promised you that we will post the four voyages in succession, so here is the second and more larger voyage than the first. enjoy! christopher columbus docked from his first voyage in march 1493; and according to him the the santa maria first voyage has been some kind of fiasco, as Christopher Columbus did not realize he had found the new world; he thought he has just barged into some uncharted virgin land. and secondly he has lost two of the ships entrusted to him, so the first voyage was noting but a kind of loss to him, even more hilarious because he thinks the uncharted islands that he found was somewhere around japan or china;  he concluded that more exploration would be needed and this been the base for the great explorer's second exploration to the new world.
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The maiden voyage of Christopher Columbus: the quest to find trade routes

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if Christopher Columbus is to be alive today, no one could imagine how famous and influential he would be; some people will say the significance of the voyage of Christopher Columbus can not be over-emphasized, explorers and great seafarers have been know to engage on the voyages in search of west indies, but Christopher Columbus maiden voyage to the west indies can not be seen as insignificant on the discovery of the vast empire and civilization that has been in existence for thousands of years. today on HistoricalForte we explore the great explorer's first voyage to the Americas.
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The british west african conquests

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At the beginning of the 19th century, Britain's main interest was in trade with India, which it had come to dominate by the end of the 18th century. The British interest in Africa was incidental to this--ships bound to and from India had to pass along the African coast where they obtained supplies and occasionally became shipwrecked. Only a few spots in West Africa, like the Gold Coast and the Slave Coast (modern Nigeria), offered enough profit to make them attractive in their own right, so that by the end of "the Scamble" the British occupied only the Gambia, Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast and Nigeria. Naturally, the British also acquired extensive holdings elsewhere in Africa, notably in Egypt, Kenya and South Africa, but in West
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The aftermath of the abolishing of slave trade in africa

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In 1787, the British helped 400 freed slaves, primarily African Americans freed during the American Revolutionary War, West Indians and Africans from London, to relocate to Sierra Leone to settle in what they called the "Province of Freedom." Some had been freed earlier and worked as servants in London. Most of the first group died due to disease and warfare with indigenous peoples. About 64 survived to settle Granville Town. In 1792, they were joined by 1200 Black Loya After Britain and the United States abolished the international African slave trade beginning in 1808, they patrolled off the continent to intercept illegal shipping. The British resettled Emancipated Africans at Freetown .        lists from Nova Scotia, African Americans and their descendants; some adults had left rebel owners and fought for the British in the revolutionary War. The Crown freed them as promised and resettled 3,000 of the African Americans
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