The Slave Coast is the name of the coastal areas of present Togo, Benin (formerly Dahomey) and western Nigeria, a fertile region of coastal Western Africa along the Bight of Benin. The Bight of Benin is a bay on the western African coast that extends eastward for about 400 miles (640 km) from Cape St. ...

In the pre-colonial time it was one of the most densely populated parts of the African continent. It became one of the most important export centres for the Atlantic slave trade from the early 16th century to the 19th century. The Atlantic slave trade, started by the Portuguese,[1] was the sale and exploitation of African slaves by Europeans that occurred in and around the Atlantic ocean from the 15th century to the 19th century. ...

Other West African regions historically known by their prime colonial export are Gold Coast (present Ghana) and (till today) Ivory Coast. Flag of Gold Coast Map from 1896 of the British Gold Coast Colony. ... Côte dIvoire (often called Ivory Coast in English; see below about the name) is a country in West Africa. ...

Equivalent names -literally meaning "Slave coast"- in other languages include: Danish Slavekysten, Dutch Slavenkust, German Sklavenküste, French Côte des Esclaves, Japanese 奴隷海岸, Norwegian Slavekysten, Polish Wybrzeże Niewolnicze