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| Title: | Royal Monopoly and Private Enterprise in the Atlantic Trade: The Case of Dahomey |
| Author: | Law, Robin R. |
| Year: | 1977 |
| Periodical: | The Journal of African History |
| Volume: | 18 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Pages: | 555-577 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Benin |
| Subjects: | Dahomey polity slave trade mercantile history History and Exploration Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) |
| External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/180832 |
| Abstract: | The kingdom of Dahomey has frequently been cited as an example of a coastal state whose kings exercised a monopoly of the Atlantic trade. This article shows that the Dahomian royal conmercial monopoly is essentially mythological in the following sections: the slave trade in Allada and Hueda - the slave trade in Dahomey - the king's agents in the 19th century - the palm oil trade. Notes. |
