ISBN:
9780195376180
,
9780199922833
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 300 Seiten
,
Diagramme, Karten
Edition:
First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback
DDC:
306.3/62092
Keywords:
Duke, Antera Diaries
;
Geschichte 1700-1800
;
Geschichte 1785-1788
;
Geschichte
;
Slave traders Diaries
;
Slave traders Biography
;
Slave trade History 18th century
;
Sklavenhandel
;
Afrikaner
;
Old Calabar (Nigeria) History 18th century
;
Old Calabar (Nigeria) Biography
;
Calabar
;
Biografie
;
Tagebuch 1785-1788
;
Calabar
;
Sklavenhandel
;
Geschichte 1785-1788
;
Afrikaner
;
Sklavenhandel
Abstract:
"One of the earliest documents written by an African residing in coastal West Africa predating the arrival of British missionaries and officials in the mid-19th century. Antera Duke was a leader and merchant in late eighteenth-century Old Calabar. His diary is a candid account of daily life in an African community during a period of great historical interest"--Provided by publisher.
Description / Table of Contents:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Note:
"One of the earliest documents written by an African residing in coastal West Africa predating the arrival of British missionaries and officials in the mid-19th century. Antera Duke was a leader and merchant in late eighteenth-century Old Calabar. His diary is a candid account of daily life in an African community during a period of great historical interest"
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