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Dahomey and the Dahomans : being the journals of two missions to the king of Dahomey, and residence at his capital, in the year 1849 and 1850
- Title
- Dahomey and the Dahomans : being the journals of two missions to the king of Dahomey, and residence at his capital, in the year 1849 and 1850 / by Frederick E. Forbes ... ; in two volumes ; vol. I[-II]
- Author
- Forbes, Frederick E. (Frederick Edwyn)
- Publication
- London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851.
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Not available - Please for assistance. | v.2 | Text | Restricted use | Sc Rare 916.68 F (Forbes, F.E. Dahomey and the Dahomans) v.2 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | v. 2 | Text | Use in library | Sc Rare 916.68 F (Forbes, F.E. Dahomey and the Dahomans) v. 2 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Not available - Please for assistance. | v.1 | Text | Restricted use | Sc Rare 916.68 F (Forbes, F.E. Dahomey and the Dahomans) v.1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | v. 1 | Text | Use in library | Sc Rare 916.68 F (Forbes, F.E. Dahomey and the Dahomans) v. 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Description
- 2 v. : ill. (most col.), ports.; 20 cm.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Subjects
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- Ink stamps (Provenance)
- Note
- "London: Spottiswoode and Shaw, New-street Square."--printer statement, verso of title pages and colophons in both volumes.
- Vol. 1: xii, 244 p., [7] leaves of plates; v, [1], 248 p., [6] leaves of plates.
- Includes "The discovery of the Vahie language and vocabulary"--v.1, p. 195-218 and "Vocabulary of the Dahoman language"--v. 1, p. 218-244.
- Chromolithographs signed: "M. & N. Hanhart Chromo. Lith."
- Indexed In (note)
- Hogg, P.C. African slave trade and its suppression
- Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)
- Source (note)
- Copy 2 from the Library of Melville J. Herskovits;
- Provenance (note)
- iwith ink stamps on the verso of first decorative free endleaf in both volumes "Schomburg Collection" ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
- Contents
- Vol. 1: Introduction -- ch. 1. Dahomey and its neighbors -- ch. 2. The Dahomans and their manners -- The journals. Journal of a mission to the Court of Dahomey in October and November, 1849: pt. 1. From Whydah to Abomey ; pt. 2. Abomey, its court and its people ; pt. 3. Journal during a sojourn on shore in Whydah, from February 27th to March 31st, and a description of Whydah ; Reflections on the slave trade and the means for its repression ; The animal kingdom ; Religion, &c. -- Appendix. A. Letter from Abomey in 1724 ; B. The discovery of the Vahie language and vocabulary ; C. Vocabulary of the Dahoman language.
- Vol. 2: The journals, continued. Journal of a special mission to the Court of Dahomey, in May, June, and July, 1850: pt. 1. The custom Ee-que-ah-eh-bek, or paying the troubadors -- pt. 2. The Ek-bah-tong-ek-beh, or display of the king's wealth -- pt. 3. The Ek-que-noo-ah-toh-meh, the human sacrifices -- pt. 4. The custom Eh-beh-so-ek-beh, or firing the guns -- pt. 5. The King's Court of Justice -- pt. 6. The amazon's oath of fidelity -- pt. 7. The sham fight -- pt. 8. The See-que-ah-hee, or watering of the graves of their ancestors -- pt. 9. Watering the graves of the king's great-grandmother, grandmother, and mother -- pt. 10. The last interview with the king, and the close of the mission -- Appendix: A. Procession of the king's wealth, May 30th, 1850 ; B. Appendix to the review of the first of June ; C. Presents distributed by the King, May 31st ; D. Procession of royal wealth, June 3rd, 1850 ; E. Names of the ministers and officers of the Dahoman Kingdom, who received the royal bounty June 7th, 1849, with the amount given to each ; Names of ministers, merchants, &c., receivers of the royal bounty, June 17th, 1850.
- Call Number
- Sc Rare 916.68-F (Forbes, F.E. Dahomey and the Dahomans)
- LCCN
- 05014405
- OCLC
- 4891983
- NYPGR4891983-B
- Author
- Forbes, Frederick E. (Frederick Edwyn)
- Title
- Dahomey and the Dahomans : being the journals of two missions to the king of Dahomey, and residence at his capital, in the year 1849 and 1850 / by Frederick E. Forbes ... ; in two volumes ; vol. I[-II]
- Imprint
- London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851.
- Indexed In:
- Hogg, P.C. African slave trade and its suppression, 257Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 3738
- Provenance
- Copy in Sc Rare 916.68-F (accession nos. B511666-B511667) iwith ink stamps on the verso of first decorative free endleaf in both volumes "Schomburg Collection" ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
- Source
- Copy 2 from the Library of Melville J. Herskovits; Gift; 2008
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- Added Author
- Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, publisher.Spottiswoode and Shaw, printer.M. & N. Hanhart (Printers), lithographer.Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Rare 916.68-F (Forbes, F.E. Dahomey and the Dahomans)