According to Forbes the object of these Journals is "to illustrate the dreadful slave hunts and savages, the annihilations and exterminations consequent on this trade", with the aim of encouraging the British public in its efforts to end slavery.
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As the king of the slave trade and its merchants, the Dahoman monarch has become a word of common use ; whilst the position of his kingdom, and the habits, manners, and customs of his people, equally with the resources of its sovereign, are incorrectly, if at all, known. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fetish people, fetish houses, kissed the dust, royal wives, legal trade Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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As the king of the slave trade and its merchants, the Dahoman monarch has become a word of common use ; whilst the position of his kingdom, and the habits, manners, and customs of his people, equally with the resources of its sovereign, are incorrectly, if at all, known. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fetish people, fetish houses, kissed the dust, royal wives, legal trade Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sierra Leone, Central Africa, Little Popoe, Domingo Martins New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- A New Voyage to Guinea (Library of African Study) by William Smith on page 2
- The Biography of Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua: His Passage from Slavery to Freedom in Africa and America by Robin Law on 5 pages
- The History of Human Marriage by Edward Alexander Westermarck on 4 pages
- Credit, Currencies and Culture: African Financial Institutions in Historical Perspective by Endre Stiansen on 4 pages
- Voodoos and Obeahs: Phases of West India Witchcraft by Joseph J. Williams on page 37, page 209, and Back Matter
- Slavery, Colonialism and Economic Growth in Dahomey, 1640-1960 (African Studies) by Patrick Manning in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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