Consul John Beecroft's Journal of His Mission to Dahomey, 1850

by Robin Law

Consul John Beecroft's Journal of his Mission to Dahomey, 1850 features diary entries made by John Beecroft whilst he was British Consul in West Africa. His diplomatic mission to the kingdom of Dahomey (in what is today the Republic of Benin) in 1850 was part of the British government's efforts to suppress the trans-Atlantic slave trade. He sought (unsuccessfully) to persuade the Dahomian king, Gezo, to accept a treaty to ban the export of slaves...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197266533
• ISBN13: 9780197266533
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"