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. |
Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
System Details |
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 MiAaHDL |
Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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) |
|