Duke Town

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Duke Town is a historic Efik settlement in southeastern Nigeria, known as one of the principal coastal trading centers in the Cross River region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former trading center
historic settlement
town
alsoKnownAs Atakpa
Old Calabar
colonialPowerIn19thCentury United Kingdom
connectedTo Atlantic slave trade
European merchants
country Nigeria
culturalRegion Calabar
surface form: Old Calabar area
ethnicGroup Efik people
foundingEthnicGroup Efik
governedBy Efik chiefs
hasHeritage Efik cultural heritage
hasNotableInstitution Duke Town Presbyterian Church
Duke Town Primary School
historicalRole center of palm oil trade
major slave-trading port
principal coastal trading center in the Cross River region
historicalSignificance important node in precolonial coastal trade networks of southeastern Nigeria
one of the principal Efik settlements on the Cross River estuary
languageSpoken Efik language
English language
locatedIn Cross River region
Niger Delta
Eastern Nigeria
surface form: southeastern Nigeria
locatedOn Cross River
partOf Calabar
Cross River State
region South-South Nigeria
surface form: South South Nigeria
religionHistory early center of Christian missionary activity in southeastern Nigeria
timePeriodOfProminence 18th century
19th century
tradeGoods European manufactured goods
enslaved people
ivory
palm oil
traditionalRulersTitle Obong of Calabar
urbanStatus neighborhood of modern Calabar
visitedBy Scottish Presbyterian missionaries

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Efik people majorTown Duke Town