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First published
ISBN:
9781782044284
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Cambridge Core
Content:
From 1550 to colonial partition in the mid-1880s, trade was key to Afro-European relations on the western Slave Coast (the coastal areas of modern Togo and parts of what are now Ghana and Benin). This book looks at the commercial relations of two states which played a crucial role in the Atlantic slave trade as well as the trade in ivory and agricultural produce: Hula, known to European traders as Great or Grand Popo (now in Benin) and Ge, known as Little Popo (now in Togo). Situated between the Gold Coast to the west and the eastern Slave Coast to the east, this region was an important supplier of provisions for Europeans and the enslaved Africans they purchased. Also, due to its position in the lagoon system, it facilitated communication along the coast between the trading companies' headquarters on the western Gold Coast and their factories on the eastern Slave Coast, particularly at Ouidah, the Slave Coast's major slave port. In the 19th century, when the trade at more established ports was disrupted by the men-of-war of the British anti-slave trade squadron, the western Slave Coast became a hot-spot of illegal slave trading. Providing a detailed reconstruction of political and commercial developments in the western Slave coast, including the transition from the slave trade to legitimate commerce, this book also reveals the region's position in the wider trans-Atlantic trade network and how cross-cultural partnerships were negotiated; the trade's impact on African coastal 'middlemen' communities; and the relative importance of local and global factors for the history of a region or community. Silke Strickrodt is Research Fellow in Colonial History, German Historical Institute London. She is co-editor (with Robin Law and Suzanne Schwarz) of Commercial Agriculture, the Slave Trade and Slavery in Atlantic Africa (James Currey, 2013).
Content:
Introduction -- The regional setting -- The Atlantic connection: Little Popo & the rise of Afro-European trade, c. 1600-1702 -- The era of the warrior kings: 1702 to 1772 -- The era of the traders: 1772 to c.1807 -- Disintegration & reconstitution: political developments, 1820s to 1870s -- From slaves to palm oil: Afro-European trade, c.1807 to 1870s -- Epilogue: the colonial partition & its consequences, 1870s to c.1900
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015)
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Dissertation Stirling 2002
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781847011107
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Strickrodt, Silke, 1970 - Afro-European trade in the Atlantic world Woodbridge, Suffolk : Currey, 2015 ISBN 9781847011107
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781847011107
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1782044280
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1847011101
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9781847011107
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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Ethnology
Keywords:
Benin
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Ghana
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Togo
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Sklavenküste
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Sklavenhandel
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Europa
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Politischer Wandel
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Sozioökonomischer Wandel
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Geschichte 1550-1885
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Hochschulschrift
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Strickrodt, Silke 1970-
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