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Book/Printed Material 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.

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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.

Summary

  • Frederick E. Forbes was a British naval officer who, in 1849-50, undertook two missions to the court of the King of Dahomey in an unsuccessful attempt to convince him to end involvement in the slave trade. Dahomey was a warlike kingdom that arose most likely in the second quarter of the 17th century and came to dominate its neighbors through its army, which included both men and women and was based on strict military discipline. This two-volume work reproduces Forbes' journal and his account of his conversations with King Gezo. It includes descriptions of the customs and culture of the country and appendices containing vocabularies of the Vahie and Dahoman languages. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Forbes, Frederick E. (Frederick Edwyn)

Created / Published

  • London, Longman, Brown, Green,and Longmans, 1851.

Headings

  • -  Ewe language
  • -  Fon (African people)
  • -  Fon dialect
  • -  Benin--Description and travel
  • -  Benin--Languages
  • -  Benin--Social life and customs

Notes

  • -  "The discovery of the Vahie language and vocabulary": vol. 1, p. 195-218. "Vocabulary of the Dahoman language": vol. 1, p. 218-244.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  digital files not viewed; td12 2008-11-3

Medium

  • 2 v. col. fronts., plates (part col.) col. ports. 20 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • DT541 .F69

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 05014405

OCLC Number

  • 4891983

Online Format

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  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Forbes, Frederick E. Dahomey and the Dahomans; being the journals of two missions to the king of Dahomey, and residence at his capital, in the yearand 1850. London, Longman, Brown, Green,and Longmans, 1851. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/05014405/.

APA citation style:

Forbes, F. E. (1851) Dahomey and the Dahomans; being the journals of two missions to the king of Dahomey, and residence at his capital, in the yearand 1850. London, Longman, Brown, Green,and Longmans. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/05014405/.

MLA citation style:

Forbes, Frederick E. Dahomey and the Dahomans; being the journals of two missions to the king of Dahomey, and residence at his capital, in the yearand 1850. London, Longman, Brown, Green,and Longmans, 1851. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/05014405/>.