The British Vice-Consulate for the kingdom of Dahomey (in the modern Republic of Bénin, West Africa) in 1851-1852 was established to suppress the trans-Atlantic slave trade. These documents are valuable sources for the history of British policy on the slave trade for Dahomey, one of the most important indigenous states in coastal West Africa.
The British Vice-Consulate for the kingdom of Dahomey (in the modern Republic of Bénin, West Africa) in 1851-1852 was established to suppress the trans-Atlantic slave trade. These documents are valuable sources for the history of British policy on the slave trade for Dahomey, one of the most important indigenous states in coastal West Africa.
Robin Law has been at the History Department of the University of Stirling since 1972, with posts including Professor of African History, 1993-2009 and Emeritus Professor since 2009. He is also Visiting Professor in History, the University of Liverpool. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a Fellow of the British Academy, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He was given the Distinguished Africanist Award of the African Studies Association of the UK in 2010. He has held posts at the University of Lagos, Nigeria (1966-9) and the Centre of West African Studies, Birmingham, 1970-2. He has held visiting posts at the Universities of Ilorin, Nigeria, 1978; African Studies Centre, Leiden, 1993-4; York University, Toronto, Canada, 1996-7; Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, 2000-1.
Inhaltsangabe
* Introduction * Journals and Correspondence of Vice-Consul Fraser * 1: Journals of Vice-Consul Fraser * 2: The Case of Richard Graves * 3: Additional Dispatches and Reports of Vice-Consul Fraser * Appendices * 1: Instructions given to Vice-Consul Fraser * 2: Documents referred to in Vice-Consul Fraser's Journals and Dispatches * 3: Letters from Naval Officers etc. referring to Fraser's Vice-Consulate * Endnotes * 1: The Dahomian 'Annual Customs' * 2: Monetary Values
* Introduction * Journals and Correspondence of Vice-Consul Fraser * 1: Journals of Vice-Consul Fraser * 2: The Case of Richard Graves * 3: Additional Dispatches and Reports of Vice-Consul Fraser * Appendices * 1: Instructions given to Vice-Consul Fraser * 2: Documents referred to in Vice-Consul Fraser's Journals and Dispatches * 3: Letters from Naval Officers etc. referring to Fraser's Vice-Consulate * Endnotes * 1: The Dahomian 'Annual Customs' * 2: Monetary Values
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