It was part of the over sixty slave-trading forts on the West African coast. The selection of slaves from the Rice Coast, which stretches from Senegal right to Liberia through Bunce Island, was not random. Rice cultivation in America saw an uplift as more and more African captives were shipped from Bunce Island to work on rice farms. However, slaves from Sierra Leone’s Bunce Island who are indigenes of the West African country can directly be traced to the Gullah people in the United States. Laurens served as the business agent for Bunce Island in Charlestown right before the American war of independence.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 02, 2020 19:34 UTC