| Description |
1 online resource (x, 300 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"One of the earliest documents written by an African residing in coastal West Africa predating the arrival of British missionaries and officials in the mid-19th century. Antera Duke was a leader and merchant in late eighteenth-century Old Calabar. His diary is a candid account of daily life in an African community during a period of great historical interest"--Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
List of Maps, Figures, and Tables; Introduction; PART I; 1 The Diary and Old Calabar's History; 2 The Slave Trade at Old Calabar; 3 The Produce Trade at Old Calabar; 4 Old Calabar's Trading Networks; 5 The Diary of Antera Duke: Comments on the Text; PART II; Extracts from the Diary of Antera Duke; Appendix A: Index of African Names; Appendix B: Antera Duke's Trading Expedition from Old Calabar to Little Cameroon; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Duke, Antera -- Diaries.
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Duke, Antera. |
| Genre/Form |
Diaries.
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| Subject |
Duke, Antera. |
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Slave traders -- Nigeria -- Old Calabar -- Diaries.
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Slave traders. |
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Nigeria -- Old Calabar. |
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Slave traders -- Nigeria -- Old Calabar -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Slave trade -- Nigeria -- Old Calabar -- History -- 18th century.
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Slave trade. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
Old Calabar (Nigeria) -- History -- 18th century.
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Old Calabar (Nigeria) -- Biography.
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| Chronological Term |
1700 - 1799 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Diaries.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Duke, Antera.
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Latham, A. J. H.
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Northrup, David A.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Behrendt, Stephen D. Diary of Antera Duke, an eighteenth-century African slave trader. New York : Oxford University Press, with the assistance of the International African Institute, 2010 9780195376180 (DLC) 2009012872 (OCoLC)317383498 |
| ISBN |
9780199704446 (electronic book) |
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0199704449 (electronic book) |
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9780195376180 |
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0195376188 |
| Standard No. |
9786612543593 |
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