Claim: John Jea, born in Africa in 1773 near Calabar (the capital of Cross River State, Nigeria) in the Bight of Biafra (a bight off the West African coast), was purchased and held by a Dutch couple, Oliver and Angelika Triebuen.
Evidence: John Jea was born in Africa in 1773 near Calabar in the Bight of Biafra. Calabar (also referred to as Callabar, Calabari, Calbari, Kalabari and Kalabar) is the capital of Cross River State, Nigeria. The Bight of Biafra (officially Bight of Bonny, in Nigeria) is a bight off the West African coast, in the easternmost part of the Gulf of Guinea. He was purchased and held by a Dutch couple, Oliver and Angelika Triebuen.