Brass River In 2005 the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) was producing oil from 146 wells, and operated an export terminal at Brass River. Brass River Crude Oil is a sweet medium light crude. In the 17th and 18th centuries the Portuguese controlled the Brass River, which was closed to British traders and was an outlet for shipping slaves to the Americas. The town of Brass was inaccessible, reached only via the creeks. After 1807 the British began trying to suppress the slave trade. Don Pablo Frexas, in alliance with the chiefs of Brass and Bonny, was the main organizer of the
Bonny-sur-Loire Bonny-sur-Loire Bonny-sur-Loire is a commune in the Loiret department of the Centre-Val de Loire region of north-central France. The name is evidenced historically at least since the beginning of the seventeenth century. The commune of Bonny stands beside the river Loire, at the border of the Burgundy region and separated from the Nièvre department by a river, the Cheuille. The town is situated on the main route between Paris and Nevers, the A77 and RN7. The inhabitants are known as "Bonnychons". The mayor since March 2001 has been Michel Lechauve. Suspension bridge between Bonny-sur-Loire et Beaulieu-sur-Loire (carrying the road D926)