Africans who played an active role in the Transatlantic slave trade

Ismail Akwei December 02, 2018

Niara Bely (1790 – 1879)

Also known as Elizabeth Bailey Gomez, she was a Luso-African queen who became a prominent businesswoman in nineteenth-century Guinea. She was active in the slave trade in Farenya, Guinea.

She studied in Liverpool where she adopted the name Elizabeth.

Last Edited by:Ismail Akwei Updated: December 4, 2018

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