Diary of Antera Duke, an Eighteenth-Century African Slave Trader

Name: Diary of Antera Duke, an Eighteenth-Century African Slave Trader
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ISBN: 9780199922833

ISBN-10: 0199922837

ISBN-13: 9780199922833

Edition: 2012

Authors: Stephen D. Behrendt, A. J. H. Latham, David Northrup

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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 fromthe 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 otherAfrican businessmen and with European ship captains who arrived to trade for slaves, produce, and provisions.…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 6/28/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 314
Size: 9.09" wide x 6.10" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English