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Ouidah : the social history of a West African slaving 'port', 1727-1892 / Robin Law.
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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- ISBN: 9780821445525
- ISBN: 0821445529
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 308 pages) : maps.
- Publisher: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2004.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Multi-User. CatMonthString:february.18 |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-297) and index. |
| Formatted 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. |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | Restrictions unspecified Restrictions unspecified |
| Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. |
| System Details Note: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access restricted by subscription. Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. |
| Action Note: | digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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