Slave Coast

American  

noun

1. the coast of W equatorial Africa, between the Benin and Volta rivers: a center of slavery traffic 16th–19th centuries.

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Slave Coast British  

noun

1. the coast of W Africa between the Volta River and Mount Cameroon, chiefly along the Bight of Benin: the main source of African slaves (16th–19th centuries)

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Slave Coast

Benin's coastline is part of what was once known as the Slave Coast - a major departure point for enslaved Africans shipped across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2025

They opted instead to exercise strict royal control over the Slave Coast trade.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

By 1737, Agaja had conquered the entire Slave Coast and brought it under Dahomey’s control.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

The millions shipped from the Slave Coast, which included Benin, carried their music to the Americas, where it mixed with Spanish guitars to create "son", the precursor to modern salsa and Congolese rumba among others.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 5, 2012

They tell of the great herds of the Fulani, who peddle their hides even upon the Slave Coast, whence my mother was dispatched.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson