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Dahomey and the ending of the trans-Atlantic slave trade : the journals and correspondence of Vice-Consul Louis Fraser, 1851-1852

Title
Dahomey and the ending of the trans-Atlantic slave trade : the journals and correspondence of Vice-Consul Louis Fraser, 1851-1852 / edited by Robin Law.
Author
Fraser, Louis.
Publication
Oxford : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2012.

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Additional Authors
  • Law, Robin.
  • British Academy.
Description
287 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Summary
The British Vice-Consulate for the kingdom of Dahomey was established to suppress the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The documents collected here comprise principally of the journals of the Vice-Consul, Louis Fraser, which provide valuable insights into British policy on the slave trade.
Series Statement
Fontes historiae Africanae, new series. Sources of African history ; 10
Uniform Title
Fontes historiae Africanae ; new ser. 10.
Alternative Title
Journals and correspondence of Vice-Consul Louis Fraser, 1851-1852
Subject
  • Fraser, Louis > Diaries
  • Fraser, Louis > Correspondence
  • Slave trade > Benin > Ouidah > History > 19th century > Sources
  • Benin > History > To 1894 > Sources
  • Great Britain > Foreign relations > Benin > Sources
  • Benin > Foreign relations > Great Britain > Sources
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-280) and index.
Call Number
Sc E 13-359
ISBN
  • 9780197265215 (hbk.)
  • 0197265219 (hbk.)
OCLC
797179619
Author
Fraser, Louis.
Title
Dahomey and the ending of the trans-Atlantic slave trade : the journals and correspondence of Vice-Consul Louis Fraser, 1851-1852 / edited by Robin Law.
Imprint
Oxford : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2012.
Edition
1st ed.
Series
Fontes historiae Africanae, new series. Sources of African history ; 10
Fontes historiae Africanae ; new ser. 10.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-280) and index.
Added Author
Law, Robin.
British Academy.
Research Call Number
Sc E 13-359
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