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Ouidah : the social history of a West African slaving 'port', 1727-1892

Law, Robin

eBook 2004

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Abstract

 Ouidah, an African town in the Republic of Benin, was the principal precolonial commercial center of its region and the second-most-important town of the Dahomey kingdom. It served as a major outlet for the transatlantic slave trade
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Description *Ouidah : the social history of a West African slaving 'port', 1727-1892 / Robin Law
Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2004
1 online resource (xi, 308 pages) : maps
Note Formato pdf/epub
Accesso riservato secondo le condizioni contrattuali https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1578353
ISBN 9780821445525
9780821415726
EAN 9780821415726
ISBN 0821445529
0821415727
9780852554982
9780852554975
9780821415719
0852554982
0852554974
0821415719
Series Western African studies
Author
Law, Robin
Note e bibliografia
Publication year 2004
Contents note Origins: Ouidah before the Dahomian conquest -- The Dahomian conquest of Ouidah -- Dahomian Ouidah -- The operation of the Atlantic slave trade -- De Souza's Ouidah: the era of the illegal slave trade 1815-39 -- The era of transition: from slaves to palm oil 1840-57 -- Dissention & decline: Ouidah under King Glele 1858-77 -- From Dahomian to French rule 1878-92