Also known as: Jakin, Jaquin
Last updated: April 26, 2026
Jakin was a coastal trading and holding site in the wider Bight of Benin world, functioning as a warehouse and embarkation point for enslaved Africans shipped across the Atlantic. It enters the vault chiefly through the Diligent voyage record, making it a concrete geographic anchor for understanding how captives moved from West African interior trade networks to the Middle Passage.
Robert Durand
Bight Of Benin
Middle Passage
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