Nancy Daniels, photographed in the 1850s, was an African born Barbadian ex-slave of probable Igbo descent.
Nancy Daniels, an African-born Barbadian ex-slave, represents the enduring presence of Igbo heritage in the Caribbean. Born around 1760, she survived the brutal Middle Passage to Barbados in the 1780s, where she was enslaved to M. D’Azevedo. After his death,…
