Kingdom of Whydah

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The Kingdom of Whydah was a powerful precolonial West African state on the Slave Coast, known as a major center of the Atlantic slave trade before its conquest by the Kingdom of Dahomey in the 18th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf kingdom
precolonial African state
capital Savi NERFINISHED
coastline Bight of Benin NERFINISHED
conqueredBy Kingdom of Dahomey NERFINISHED
conquestYear 1727
continent Africa
currency cowrie shells
economyBasedOn agriculture
palm oil
slave trade
EuropeanNameVariant Fida NERFINISHED
Hueda NERFINISHED
Juda NERFINISHED
Whydah NERFINISHED
export enslaved Africans
ivory
pepper
governmentType monarchy
hadFortifications European trading forts
hadRulerTitle king
import alcohol
firearms
metal goods
textiles
knownFor being a major slave-trading center
large slave markets
languageFamily Gbe languages
locatedIn West Africa NERFINISHED
locatedOn Slave Coast NERFINISHED
majorPort Glehue NERFINISHED
Ouidah NERFINISHED
partOf Atlantic slave trade NERFINISHED
predecessor local coastal chiefdoms
presentDayLocation Benin NERFINISHED
region Guinea Coast NERFINISHED
religion Vodun NERFINISHED
West African traditional religion
roleInHistory major node in trans-Atlantic slave trade
successorState Kingdom of Dahomey NERFINISHED
timePeriod 17th century
early 18th century
tradedWith England NERFINISHED
France NERFINISHED
Netherlands NERFINISHED
Portugal NERFINISHED

Referenced by (3)

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Ouidah partOf Kingdom of Whydah
Whydah partOf Kingdom of Whydah
King Agaja conquered Kingdom of Whydah