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.
Statements (46)
| 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 ⓘ |
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