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Autore |
Behrendt Stephen D |
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Titolo |
The diary of Antera Duke, an eighteenth-century African slave trader [[electronic resource] /] / Stephen D. Behrendt, A. J. H. Latham, and David Northrup |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, c2009 |
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0-19-988851-5 |
1-282-54359-8 |
9786612543593 |
0-19-970444-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (313 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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DukeAntera |
LathamA. J. H |
NorthrupDavid A |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Slave traders - Nigeria - Old Calabar |
Slave trade - Nigeria - Old Calabar - History - 18th century |
Electronic books. |
Old Calabar (Nigeria) History 18th century |
Old Calabar (Nigeria) Biography |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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In his diary, Antera Duke (ca.1735-ca.1809) wrote the only surviving eyewitness account of the slave trade by an African merchant. A leader in late eighteenth-century Old Calabar, a cluster of Efik-speaking |
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communities in the Cross River region, he resided in Duke Town, forty-five miles from the Atlantic Ocean in what is now southeast Nigeria. His diary, written in trade English from 1785 to 1788, is a candid account of daily life in an African community at the height of Calabar's overseas commerce. It provides valuable information on Old Calabar's economic activity both with other African bus |
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UNINA9910716500603321 |
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Titolo |
Request for certain information from the Treasury Department. January 6, 1927. -- Ordered to be printed |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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[Washington, D.C.] : , : [U.S. Government Printing Office], , 1927 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (2 pages) |
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Collana |
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House report / 69th Congress, 2nd session. House ; ; no. 1690 |
[United States congressional serial set] ; ; [serial no. 8690] |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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GrahamGeorge Scott <1850-1931.> (Republican (PA)) |
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Soggetti |
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Administrative law |
Alcoholic beverages |
Government publications - United States |
Federal government |
Poisons |
Poisoning |
Prosecution |
Legislative materials. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Batch processed record: Metadata reviewed, not verified. Some fields updated by batch processes. |
FDLP item number not assigned. |
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