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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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ISBN |
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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 |
Old Calabar (Nigeria) History 18th century |
Old Calabar (Nigeria) Biography |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
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 communities in the Cross River region, he resided in Duke Town, forty- |
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