Slavery, Colonialism and Economic Growth in Dahomey, 16401960 (African Studies)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 26, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780521523073
Subjects: Economic history; Social history; World history; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; History: World; Foreign economic relations; History; History - General History; Benin; Slave-trade; Africa - General; Business & Economics-Economic Conditions; History / Africa; History / Renaissance; Economic Conditions
First sentence: The Bight of Benin came to the attention of the wider world in the late seventeenth century as it became the leading supplier of slaves for the plantations of the New World.1