Robin Law

Consul John Beecroft's Journal of His Mission to Dahomey, 1850

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 165mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 607g
• ISBN-13: 9780197266533
• ISBN-10: 0197266533
• Artikelnr.: 56740473

Autorenporträt

Robin Law has held posts at the University of Lagos, Nigeria (1966-9), the Centre of West African Studies, Birmingham (1970-2), & the History Department of the University of Stirling from 1972, including Professor of African History (1993-2009) & Emeritus Professor since 2009. His visiting posts include the University of Ilorin, Nigeria (1978), African Studies Centre, Leiden (1993-4), York University, Toronto (1996-7), Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2000-1), Elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society 1997, the British Academy 2000, and the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2002. In 2010 Robin won the Distinguished Africanist Award of the African Studies Association of the UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Maps
Consul Beecroft's Journal
Appendices
Lieutenant Forbes' Journal
Forbes; calculation of the cost of the Customs
Supplementary documents
Endnotes
The Annual Customs
What did Gezo say on 4 July 1850?
Bibliography
Index