# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/antera-duke
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:36:40.660Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/antera-duke"
name: "Antera Duke"
slug: "antera-duke"
description: "Antera Duke was a leading African slave trader and Efik chief from Old Calabar in the Bight of Biafra at the eastern end of what was then considered Guinea (region) and now in eastern Nigeria during the late eighteenth century. He gradually prospered and was member of the local Ekpe society that had a great amount of power over slave trade. He arranged funerals, which for men of standing like himself included the ritual sacrifice of slaves, who were decapitated to accompany the master into the spirit world. Duke and his fellow Efik traders \"dressed as white men\" and entertained captains of Slave ships."
tagline: "18th century African slave trader"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1735"
deathDate: "1809"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.737869333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antera_Duke"
    title: "Antera Duke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antera_Duke"
    title: "Antera Duke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antera_Duke"
    title: "Antera Duke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://guw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antera_Duke"
    title: "Antera Duke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antera_Duke"
    title: "Antera Duke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antera_Duke"
    title: "Antera Duke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pcm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antera_Duke"
    title: "Antera Duke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4771309"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump