Format:
1 online resource (313 pages)
ISBN:
9780199704446
Content:
Written by a major African merchant at the height of Calabar's overseas commerce, Antera Duke's diary provides valuable information on Old Calabar's economic activity both with other African businessmen and with European ship captains who arrived to trade for slaves, produce and provisions. The publication of this volume will mark the first publicly available edition of this valuable primary source in over fifty years.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Maps, Figures, and Tables -- Introduction -- PART I -- 1 The Diary and Old Calabar's History -- 2 The Slave Trade at Old Calabar -- 3 The Produce Trade at Old Calabar -- 4 Old Calabar's Trading Networks -- 5 The Diary of Antera Duke: Comments on the Text -- PART II -- Extracts from the Diary of Antera Duke -- Appendix A: Index of African Names -- Appendix B: Antera Duke's Trading Expedition from Old Calabar to Little Cameroon -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780195376180
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780195376180
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=535443
