Brass, Nigeria: History
It is a traditional fishing village of the Nembe branch of the Ijo people. It became a slave-trading port for the state of Brass (Nembe) in the early 19th century. It was ruled by African merchant "houses", which were encouraged by the European traders. The state's chief slave-collecting centres (Brass and Nembe) often sent war canoes into the interior—especially through Igbo country—to capture slaves.