Research Catalog

Title

A mission to Gelele, king of Dahome : with notices of the so-called "Amazons," the grand customs, the yearly customs, the human sacrifices, the present state of the slave trade, and the Negro's place in nature / by Richard F. Burton ; in two volumes ; vol. I[-II].

Author

Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890

Publication

London : Tinsley Brothers, 18, Catherine Street, Strand, 1864.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Tinsley Brothers, publisher.
• Bradbury & Evans, printer.

Description

2 volumes : illustrations; 21 cm

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subjects

• Fon (African people)
• Black race
• Benin > Description and travel
• Hunt, James, 1833-1869 > Negro's place in nature
• Rites and ceremonies > Benin
• Slave trade > Benin
• Amazons

Note

• Includes a reply to James Hunt's 'The Negro's place in nature.'
• "London: Bradbury and Evans, printers, Whitefriars."--printer statement, verso of title page in both volumes; also on colophon of both volumes.
• Volume 1: xvii, [4], 8-386 pages; Volume 2: vi, 413, [1] pages.

Indexed In (note)

• Hogg, P.C. African slave trade and its suppression
• Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

• vol. 1. ch. 1. I fall in love with Fernando Po -- ch. 2. I do not become "fast friends" with Lagos -- ch. 3. We enter Whydah in state -- ch. 4. A walk round Whydah -- ch. 5. From Whydah to Alladâ, the half-way house -- ch. 6. From Allada to Agrime -- ch. 7. Small reception at Agrime, and arrival at Kana, the King's country quarters -- ch. 8. The procession -- ch. 9. The reception -- ch. 10. The march to Agbome -- ch. 11. The king enters the capital -- ch. 12. The presents are delivered -- ch. 13. Of the grand customs and the annual customs generally -- ch. 14. The king's "So-Sin custom."
• vol. 2. ch. 14. (continued) The king's "So-Sin custom." -- ch. 15. Of the so-called Amazons and the Dahoman army -- ch. 16. Addo-Kpon, the Bush King's So-Sin custom -- ch. 17. Of the Dahoman religion -- ch. 18. The Sin-Kwain, or water-sprinkling custom -- ch. 19. Of "The Negro's place in nature" -- ch. 20. The day of triumph -- ch. 21. Dahome and her capital -- ch. 22. The firing to Whydah, and conclusion of the customs -- ch. 23. The delivery of the message -- ch. 24. Return to the seaboard -- Conclusion -- Appendices.

Call Number

Sc 916.68-B (Burton, R. Mission to Gelele. 1864)

OCLC

• 7446878
• NYPGR7446878-B

Author

Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890, author.

Title

A mission to Gelele, king of Dahome : with notices of the so-called "Amazons," the grand customs, the yearly customs, the human sacrifices, the present state of the slave trade, and the Negro's place in nature / by Richard F. Burton ; in two volumes ; vol. I[-II].

Publisher

London : Tinsley Brothers, 18, Catherine Street, Strand, 1864.

Edition

Second edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

Hogg, P.C. African slave trade and its suppression, 202

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 1853

Provenance

Copy in Sc 916.68-B (accession nos. B530000-B530001) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Added Author

Tinsley Brothers, publisher.

Bradbury & Evans, printer.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc 916.68-B (Burton, R. Mission to Gelele. 1864)