Bridge of No Return
Ikot Abasi
Bridge of No Return was established in , Built by in .
Named by the locals of old, this is an existing remainder of the horrors of the Save Trade era. The bridge is infamous as the last point of discharge of slaves into the waiting slave ships that eventually sailed them into slavery. As the name suggests, no slave who walked the bridge ever returned.
Reason For Loving Place
A popular tourist attraction, also at this bridge are the slave dungeons made up of containers of cast concrete with two tiny holes at each end to enable occupants receive air. This is where the most stubborn slaves were kept before shipment for the purpose of weakening their resolve. The Dungeons have partitions, so that each cubicle holds one slave. Apart from the dungeons, there are warehouses for goods that were later turned into slave warehouses. This was where the slaves were kept in preparation for their shipment.
Ways Of Travel
By motorboat, car and motorbike
What To Bring
["Camera to capture the sights and take selfies with"]
