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Dahomey:

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, officially Republic of Benin, republic (2015 est. pop. 10,576,000), 43,483 sq mi (112,622 sq km), W Africa, bordering on Togo in the west, on Burkina Faso and Niger in the north, on Nigeria in the east, and on the Bight of Benin (an arm of the Gulf of Guinea) in the
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They included Tomba, leader of the Baga inGuineas and Agaja Trudo, king of Dahomey.

Slave ship horrors; Maritime Tales by Stephen Guy from Merseyside Maritime Museum

The King of Dahomey was reported to have remarked to Governor Abson of the African Company's fort at Whydah: "What hurts me most is that some of your people have maliciously represented us in books that never die, alleging that we sell our wives and children for the sake of a few kegs of brandy.

Gates of return: once upon a time, the gangways of the castles and forts leading to the slave ships appeared to be "the doors of no return", but thanks to the new spirit of reconciliation, the gates have now become "a new Akwaaba" (welcome) for the African Diaspora, the "Gates of Return" into their second home, their real home, in Africa

However, he was to expect no advice from London, as Palmerston made clear: "Your previous knowledge of the King of Dahomey and of African affairs and the habits of the Blacks, renders it unnecessary for me to give you any very specific instructions for the guidance of your conduct." Only someone as deferentially eager for recognition as Duncan would have accepted terms that so shamefully exploited his expertise without payment.

Scotland's forgotten explorer: overshadowed by Livingstone, Burton and Stanley, the exploits of the hapless John Duncan have been all but forgotten. Derek O'Connor tells the story of a pioneering Scottish explorer in the old West African French colony of Dahomey

When the plantation owner discovers the outrage, he conspires to have the governor appoint da Silva to manage the slave trade on the Bight of Benin, an assignment that means certain death because the present King of Dahomey is taken to be a brutal madman.

The face of the bandit: racism and the slave trade in Herzog's Cobra Verde

The common Victorian perception of black people is illustrated by Sally, the African 'daughter' Queen Victoria received as a gift from the King of Dahomey in 1850, and who's story forms the basis of the first essay.

REVIEW: Black Victorians/Black Victoriana

(P, I) A young man's cleverness proves an asset when the first king of Dahomey decides to find a queen, but offers for dowry only one paltry cowry shell.