| Ouidah: The Social History of a West African Slaving Port, 1727-1892 Contributor(s): Law, Robin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0821415727 ISBN-13: 9780821415726 Publisher: Ohio University Press OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2005 Annotation: 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. Between the seventeenth and the nineteenth centuries, Ouidah was the most important embarkation point for slaves in the region of West Africa known to outsiders as the Slave Coast. This is the first detailed study of the town's history and of its role in the Atlantic slave trade. Ouidah is a well-documented case study of precolonial urbanism, of the evolution of a merchant community, and in particular of the growth of a group of private traders whose relations with the Dahomian monarchy grew increasingly problematic over time. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - General - Social Science | Slavery - History | Modern - 18th Century |
| Dewey: 306.362 |
| LCCN: 2004063550 |
| Series: Western African Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.26" W x 9.18" (1.11 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. Between the seventeenth and the nineteenth centuries, Ouidah was the most important embarkation point for slaves in the region of West Africa known to outsiders as the Slave Coast. This is the first detailed study of the town's history and of its role in the Atlantic slave trade. |