Velekete Slave Market Museum

Badagry, Nigeria

The Vlekete Slave Market is a former slave market located in Badagry, Lagos State. Established in 1502 and named after the Vlekete deity, the goddess of the ocean and wind 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.

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Nearby

Badagry palace · 0.3 km away
Agiya Tree Monument monumenti · 0.3 km away
Mobee Royal Family Original Slave Tade Relics Museum musei · 0.6 km away
Seriki William Abass Slave Museum musei · 0.6 km away
Cathedral Church of St. Thomas Badagry. church · 0.9 km away
Badagry Heritage Museum musei · 1 km away