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Rejection by Benin Trade versus sover- eignty Portuguese and Dutch rivalry Compara- tive statistics in the slave trade Anglo- French competi- tion The Dutch give way to the. or at least its court , to Christianity and turning it into a ...
Rejection by Benin Trade versus sover- eignty Portuguese and Dutch rivalry Compara- tive statistics in the slave trade Anglo- French competi- tion The Dutch give way to the. or at least its court , to Christianity and turning it into a ...
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... trade . Farther south , the territories of modern Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire had not excited much interest among early European traders . Their coastline was treacherous for navigation , and their thick forests supported a scanty ...
... trade . Farther south , the territories of modern Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire had not excited much interest among early European traders . Their coastline was treacherous for navigation , and their thick forests supported a scanty ...
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... trade treaties that British officials wished upon them . They saw no reason why their economic interests , which were bound up with slavery and trade in slaves , should be subordinated to the new economic interests of British traders ...
... trade treaties that British officials wished upon them . They saw no reason why their economic interests , which were bound up with slavery and trade in slaves , should be subordinated to the new economic interests of British traders ...
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