Claim: John Jea, born in Africa in 1773 near Calabar 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. He was purchased and held by a Dutch couple, Oliver and Angelika Triebuen. 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.