 A so-called conservative estimate of the amount of Igbo taken into Virginia between 1698 and 1778 is placed at 25,000.The Igbo concentration was especially high in the Tidewater and Piedmont regions of the Virginia interior.One of the reasons for this high number of Igbo slaves in Virginia was the domination of the Bight of Biafra region of Africa by Bristol and Liverpool English merchants who frequently brought Bight of Biafra slaves to British colonies, Virginia being one of these colonies.