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Eyo Honesty II
King Eyo Honesty II was the ruler of Creek Town from approximately 1835〔Henshaw 2007〕 to 1858 when he died.〔Hackett 1989, p.376.〕 Creek Town was part of the Old Calabar region in the Bight of Biafra.〔Nair 1977, p. 242.〕 Old Calabar was a series of towns up the Cross River, which is in the Southeast edge of present day Nigeria.〔 Honesty is an example of African agency in the Atlantic Slave Trade because he was a strong, savvy, and intelligent leader who worked with the Europeans instead of against them, which brought about changes that would forever affect the region.〔
==Early life==
Although his exact date of birth is unknown, Eyo was cited to have been born in 1788 by an epitaph located on a tower of the Creek Town Presbyterian Church.〔 As a child, Eyo served as a cabin boy to English traders in the Triangle Trade network.〔Nair 1977, p. 246.〕 It was during this time that he learned to speak and write the English language.〔 He also learned the ways of the slave trade and how to do business which would benefit him as a ruler later on in life.〔 After his father lost the throne, his family fell upon hard times and Eyo found himself in the employment of his father’s rival, the Great Duke Ephraim, after his father died in 1820.〔 Working for the duke in Duke Town, another town in the Calabar region, allowed him to improve his English and trade skills while establishing himself.〔Nair 1977, p. 247.〕
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