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Consul John Beecroft's Journal of his Mission to Dahomey, 1850 - Fontes Historiae Africanae Law, Robin (Professor of African History, University of Stirling (United Kingdom))
Consul John Beecroft's Journal of his Mission to Dahomey, 1850 - Fontes Historiae Africanae
Law, Robin (Professor of African History, University of Stirling (United Kingdom))
In 1850 John Beecroft (a British Consul in West Africa) kept a diary of his diplomatic mission to the kingdom of Dahomey (in what is today the Republic of Bénin). His (unsuccessful) assignment was to suppress the trans-Atlantic slave trade and to persuade the Dahomian king, Gezo, to accept a treaty to ban the export of slaves from his dominions.
302 pages, 3 Maps
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 15, 2019 |
| ISBN13 | 9780197266533 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 302 |
| Dimensions | 164 × 241 × 24 mm · 610 g |