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Author Law, Robin.

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

Publication Info. Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2004.

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 308 pages) : maps.
text file
Series Western African studies
Western African studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-297) and index.
Contents 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.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
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Summary 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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Subject Slave trade -- Benin -- Ouidah -- History.
Slave trade.
Benin -- Ouidah.
History.
Ouidah (Benin) -- History.
Benin -- History -- To 1894.
Benin.
Chronological Term To 1894
Subject Ouidah (Benin) -- Commerce -- History.
Genre/Form History.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Law, Robin. Ouidah. Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2004 (DLC) 2004063550 (OCoLC)57069321
ISBN 9780821445525 (electronic book)
0821445529 (electronic book)
0821415719 (alkaline paper)
9780821415719 (alkaline paper)
0821415727 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780821415726 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0852554982 (James Currey cloth)
9780852554982 (James Currey cloth)
0852554974 (James Currey paper)
9780852554975 (James Currey paper)