An Unnoticed Aspect of Archibald Dalzel's the History of Dahomey
- 1 July 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of African History
- Vol. 6 (2) , 185-192
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021853700005600
Abstract
The History of Dahomey, written by Archibald Dalzel in 1793, has been used extensively as a source for Dahomean history. This article shows that the book is a polemic written in order to counter the charges of the British anti-slave trade movement and to prevent any further Parliamentary action being taken against the trade.Keywords
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