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Benin grants citizenship to slave descendants
For over 200 years, powerful kings captured and sold slaves to Portuguese ... addressed the rumors. Benin has openly acknowledged its role in the slave trade, a stance not shared by many other ...
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As Benin grants citizenship to slave descendants, it reckons with its own history in the trade
For over 200 years, powerful kings captured and sold slaves to Portuguese ... addressed the rumors. Benin has openly acknowledged its role in the slave trade, a stance not shared by many other ...
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What was precolonial West Africa like?
In the Kingdom of Benin, the British wanted to control the trade in palm oil and rubber, and in Kongo, the Portuguese enslaved increasing numbers of people through their involvement with the ...
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What was life like in Benin?
Around the top of the mask are the carved heads of Portuguese merchants.These are symbols of the kingdom’s power and wealth through trade. Benin was famous for its craft workers. Specialists in ...