Western African Studies

The Social History of a West African Slaving Port, 1727-1892

By: Robin Law

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Paperback | 25 October 2005

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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.

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Origins : Ouidah before the Dahomian conquest	p. 18
The Dahomian conquest of Ouidah	p. 50
Dahomian Ouidah	p. 71
The operation of the Atlantic slave trade	p. 123
De Souza's Ouidah : the era of the illegal slave trade 1815-39	p. 155
The era of transition : from slaves to palm oil 1840-57	p. 189
Dissension & decline : Ouidah under King Glele 1858-77	p. 231
From Dahomian to French rule : 1878-92	p. 262
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