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

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

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

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Robin Law

Instantiates

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

Publication

• Athens, OH, Ohio University Press, Oxford, James Curry, 2004

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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• txt

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Contents

• 1.
• Origins : Ouidah before the Dahomian conquest.
• p. 18
• 2.
• Dahomian conquest of Ouidah.
• p. 50
• 3.
• Dahomian Ouidah.
• p. 71
• 4.
• operation of the Atlantic slave trade.
• p. 123
• 5.
• De Souza's Ouidah : the era of the illegal slave trade 1815-39.
• p. 155
• 6.
• era of transition : from slaves to palm oil 1840-57.
• p. 189
• 7.
• Dissension & decline : Ouidah under King Glele 1858-77.
• p. 231
• 8.
• From Dahomian to French rule : 1878-92.
• p. 262

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ocm57069321

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24 cm.

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xi, 308 p.

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9780821415726

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2004063550

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b2133029