LEADER 03329nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910792589303321 005 20230721015929.0 010 $a0-19-988851-5 010 $a1-282-54359-8 010 $a9786612543593 010 $a0-19-970444-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000019596 035 $a(EBL)535443 035 $a(OCoLC)615635647 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000415854 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11259392 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000415854 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10416289 035 $a(PQKB)11468592 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC535443 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL535443 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10386098 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL254359 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000019596 100 $a20090326d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe diary of Antera Duke, an eighteenth-century African slave trader$b[electronic resource] /$fStephen D. Behrendt, A. J. H. Latham, and David Northrup 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (313 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-992283-7 311 $a0-19-537618-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aIn 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-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 606 $aSlave traders$zNigeria$zOld Calabar$vDiaries 606 $aSlave traders$zNigeria$zOld Calabar$vBiography 606 $aSlave trade$zNigeria$zOld Calabar$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aOld Calabar (Nigeria)$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aOld Calabar (Nigeria)$vBiography 615 0$aSlave traders 615 0$aSlave traders 615 0$aSlave trade$xHistory 676 $a306.3/62092 676 $aB 700 $aBehrendt$b Stephen D$01500155 701 $aDuke$b Antera$0706743 701 $aLatham$b A. J. H$0300163 701 $aNorthrup$b David A$01500156 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792589303321 996 $aThe diary of Antera Duke, an eighteenth-century African slave trader$93726707 997 $aUNINA