<P> There is a traditional Yoruba narrative that the first settlement within the area was an Awori group originally from Ile - Ife who lived at a nearby settlement . Robin Law, a scholar on West African history, notes an origin that sprouted out of a resettlement for displaced peoples of varied ethnic groups mostly Ogu people and Oyo Yorubas . Another source links the people living at a settlement called Gberefu, an island along the coast . </P> <P> One of the recorded notable events in the history of the town was the acquisition of land by a European trader who was locally known as Yovo Huntokonu . Many sources identify the European to be a Dutch trader called Hendrik Hertogh . Huntokonu, who came from the west, settled in the town because he was fleeing the wrath of an African chief . He reached the settlement called Apa under the Obaship of Alapa and he was given a farmland to use for trading . </P> <P> Around 1736, Huntokonu set up a trading post which began the growth of Badagri main town as a center of trade . Eastward migration into Badagry contributed to the growth of the town . Badagry provided waterways to Lagos and to the interior which enhanced its commercial location . However, the rise of Badagry led to hostilities with Ouidah, which sacked the town in 1784 . </P> <P> Commercial activities of slave traders were less in Badagri than in Bonny, Angola, Ouidah, and Calabar; in 1865, slaves transported out of Badagri were 800, while at Porto Novo, the figure was 1,200, and at Ouidah, up to 5,000 slaves were transported . The peak period of the slave trade in the city state was between 1736 and 1789, but the trade continued to the early nineteenth century . The trade was dominated by Portuguese and Brazilian traders . After the British abolished the slave trade, notable trader Francisco Félix de Sousa migrated to Badagri around 1807 . </P>

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