Dahomey Sacks Whydah
August 7, 1741
King Agaja of Dahomey completed his conquest of the coastal kingdom of Whydah, making his land-locked monarchy a direct player in the Atlantic slave trade. European factories along the Bight of Benin now answered to Abomey. A militarized West African state, with female royal bodyguards and annual customs, had emerged at full strength.
In context
Also in 1741 (4 other events on record)
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Era
Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.