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Dahomey and the Dahomans : being the journals of two missions to the king of Dahomey, and residence at his capital, in the year 1849 and 1850

Title
Dahomey and the Dahomans : being the journals of two missions to the king of Dahomey, and residence at his capital, in the year 1849 and 1850 / by Frederick E. Forbes ... ; in two volumes ; vol. I[-II]
Author
Forbes, Frederick E. (Frederick Edwyn)
Publication
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851.

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v. 2TextUse in library Sc Rare 916.68 F (Forbes, F.E. Dahomey and the Dahomans) v. 2Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
v.2TextRestricted use Sc Rare 916.68 F (Forbes, F.E. Dahomey and the Dahomans) v.2Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
v. 1TextUse in library Sc Rare 916.68 F (Forbes, F.E. Dahomey and the Dahomans) v. 1Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
v.1TextRestricted use Sc Rare 916.68 F (Forbes, F.E. Dahomey and the Dahomans) v.1Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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Additional Authors
  • Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, publisher.
  • Spottiswoode and Shaw, printer.
  • M. & N. Hanhart (Printers), lithographer.
Description
2 v. : ill. (most col.), ports.; 20 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Note
  • "London: Spottiswoode and Shaw, New-street Square."--printer statement, verso of title pages and colophons in both volumes.
  • Vol. 1: xii, 244 p., [7] leaves of plates; v, [1], 248 p., [6] leaves of plates.
  • Includes "The discovery of the Vahie language and vocabulary"--v.1, p. 195-218 and "Vocabulary of the Dahoman language"--v. 1, p. 218-244.
  • Chromolithographs signed: "M. & N. Hanhart Chromo. Lith."
Indexed In (note)
  • Hogg, P.C. African slave trade and its suppression
  • Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)
Source (note)
  • Copy 2 from the Library of Melville J. Herskovits;
Provenance (note)
  • iwith ink stamps on the verso of first decorative free endleaf in both volumes "Schomburg Collection" ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
Contents
  • Vol. 1: Introduction -- ch. 1. Dahomey and its neighbors -- ch. 2. The Dahomans and their manners -- The journals. Journal of a mission to the Court of Dahomey in October and November, 1849: pt. 1. From Whydah to Abomey ; pt. 2. Abomey, its court and its people ; pt. 3. Journal during a sojourn on shore in Whydah, from February 27th to March 31st, and a description of Whydah ; Reflections on the slave trade and the means for its repression ; The animal kingdom ; Religion, &c. -- Appendix. A. Letter from Abomey in 1724 ; B. The discovery of the Vahie language and vocabulary ; C. Vocabulary of the Dahoman language.
  • Vol. 2: The journals, continued. Journal of a special mission to the Court of Dahomey, in May, June, and July, 1850: pt. 1. The custom Ee-que-ah-eh-bek, or paying the troubadors -- pt. 2. The Ek-bah-tong-ek-beh, or display of the king's wealth -- pt. 3. The Ek-que-noo-ah-toh-meh, the human sacrifices -- pt. 4. The custom Eh-beh-so-ek-beh, or firing the guns -- pt. 5. The King's Court of Justice -- pt. 6. The amazon's oath of fidelity -- pt. 7. The sham fight -- pt. 8. The See-que-ah-hee, or watering of the graves of their ancestors -- pt. 9. Watering the graves of the king's great-grandmother, grandmother, and mother -- pt. 10. The last interview with the king, and the close of the mission -- Appendix: A. Procession of the king's wealth, May 30th, 1850 ; B. Appendix to the review of the first of June ; C. Presents distributed by the King, May 31st ; D. Procession of royal wealth, June 3rd, 1850 ; E. Names of the ministers and officers of the Dahoman Kingdom, who received the royal bounty June 7th, 1849, with the amount given to each ; Names of ministers, merchants, &c., receivers of the royal bounty, June 17th, 1850.
Call Number
Sc Rare 916.68-F (Forbes, F.E. Dahomey and the Dahomans)
LCCN
05014405
OCLC
  • 4891983
  • NYPGR4891983-B
Author
Forbes, Frederick E. (Frederick Edwyn)
Title
Dahomey and the Dahomans : being the journals of two missions to the king of Dahomey, and residence at his capital, in the year 1849 and 1850 / by Frederick E. Forbes ... ; in two volumes ; vol. I[-II]
Imprint
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851.
Indexed In:
Hogg, P.C. African slave trade and its suppression, 257
Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 3738
Provenance
Copy in Sc Rare 916.68-F (accession nos. B511666-B511667) iwith ink stamps on the verso of first decorative free endleaf in both volumes "Schomburg Collection" ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
Source
Copy 2 from the Library of Melville J. Herskovits; Gift; 2008
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Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, publisher.
Spottiswoode and Shaw, printer.
M. & N. Hanhart (Printers), lithographer.
Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
Research Call Number
Sc Rare 916.68-F (Forbes, F.E. Dahomey and the Dahomans)
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