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The diary of Antera Duke, an eighteenth-century African slave trader / Stephen D. Behrendt, A.J.H. Latham, David Northrup.
Van Pelt Library DT515.9.O48 B44 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Behrendt, Stephen D.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Duke, Antera--Diaries.
- Duke, Antera.
- Slave traders--Nigeria--Old Calabar--Diaries.
- Slave traders.
- Slave traders--Nigeria--Old Calabar--Biography.
- Slave trade--Nigeria--Old Calabar--History--18th century.
- Slave trade.
- History.
- Old Calabar (Nigeria)--History--18th century.
- Old Calabar (Nigeria).
- Old Calabar (Nigeria)--Biography.
- Nigeria--Old Calabar.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Diaries.
- Physical Description:
- x, 300 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, with the assistance of the International African Institute, 2010.
- Summary:
- "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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780195376180
- 0195376188
- OCLC:
- 317383498
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