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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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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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.3/62092 |
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| Soggetto topico: | Slave traders - Nigeria - Old Calabar |
| Slave trade - Nigeria - Old Calabar - History - 18th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Old Calabar (Nigeria) History 18th century |
| Old Calabar (Nigeria) Biography | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
DukeAntera
LathamA. J. H
NorthrupDavid A
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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-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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The diary of Antera Duke, an eighteenth-century African slave trader |
| ISBN: | 0-19-988851-5 |
| 1-282-54359-8 | |
| 9786612543593 | |
| 0-19-970444-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910459128203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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