Negroland or
Nigritia,
[1] was a term invented and used by Europeans in
colonial times, for an inland region in West African an area described as populated with "
Negro people." The term "Nigritia" was used in 1823 to describe the region by Mercator's Chart.
[2] This area comprised at least the western part of the region called
Sudan (not to be confused with the modern country). The term is probably a direct translation of the Arabic term Bilad Al Sudan meaning "Land of the blacks", corresponding to about the same area. Some of the greatest states of those considered part of Negroland was the
Bornu Empire and the
Sokoto Caliphate.
After about the 1960s, however, when civil rights started improving for people of African ancestry, the term "Negro" has been widely considered an
ethnic slur in English-speaking countries.
[3]
Take a look at the above map and notice where it says Slave Coast in the South beside Gold Coast. After that, click on this University of Florida link below and look at the map in the Slave Coast area. They know who was taken from there.
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00001642/00001/1x