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
Kingdom of Bonny rulership position of the Founding group of Houses ('Duawaris') of Ancient Grand Bonny Kingdom. From time immemorial, the traditional rulers of the 'Duawaris' who are not kings are 'Aseme-Alapu' (chiefs of aboriginal royal blood) and 'Amadapu' (subordinate heads) of inalienable heritage of the kingdom. In other words, the traditional rulership position of the traditional rulers of the 'Duawaris' are based on their God-given inalienable natural law and natural right of succession from the patriarchs (founding fathers) and aboriginal kings (monarchs) and the rest of the founding generation (ancient [aboriginal] landmarks) of the kingdom. The founding generation Ancient Grand Bonny Kingdom