Badagry, a small British port on the Slave Coast, Upper Guinea. At one time it carried on a large slave-trade, and had 10,000 inhabitants. It was from this place that in 1825 Clapperton and Lander started on their expeditions to explore the African interior.
Badagry
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 650
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