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To quote from their sources, "Gaou Guinou, Minister of War and younger brother of the King of Allada, rather than succeeding to his father and ascending naturally to the throne, chose then to accompany his vanquished soldiers in exile. He was given a hammock on board of a slave ship" that sailed to
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By the late 1690s, the growth of Dahomey had severely restricted Allada's supply of slaves from the north, while simultaneously Whydah surpassed Allada as a primary source of slaves from West Africa. This greatly weakened Allada's comparative power in the region. In 1724, Dahomey invaded Allada; in
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Following Dahomey's subjugation of the kingdom, in 1734, Dahomy permitted the existence of a subordinate royalty. In 1894, France re-established the kingdom under its control. In 1904, the kingdom was annexed by France, however it was allowed to continue to exist as a
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on its vessels. This innovation was introduced by Antonio Vaz de Coelho, a former African slave from Brazil. According to Thornton, the navy possessed 2 armed boats in an operation against Epe in 1778. The 2 boats were each mounted with 4 brass
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In the 18th century, the subordinate dynasty put in place by Dahomey following its conquest of the state, provided infantry and naval support to Dahomey. Primary sources from the 1690s state that Ardra's army moved in
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three days, the King of Dahomey's troops slaughtered thousands of Allada's warriors and citizens. More than 8,000 of Allada's population were captured and sold into slavery in the New World.
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1600, when three brothers — Kokpon, Do-Aklin, and Te-Agdanlin — split the rule of the region amongst themselves: Kokpon took the capital city of Great Ardra, reigning over the
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The modern non-sovereign kingdom of Ardra also consists of numerous minor kings who, in theory, accept the king of Ardra as their superior.
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only during parades as they fought in loose formations on the battlefield. Sieur d'Elbee documented the use of spears, shields, swords and
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Asiwaju, A. I. (1979). "The Aja-Speaking Peoples of Nigeria: A Note on Their Origins, Settlement and Cultural Adaptation up to 1945".
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adds that the capital of Ardra was also fortified in the 1790s with a ditch and a wall which contained
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settlers, the settlement of Allada was in 1600 the most prominent of Aja states, bordering the nearby
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along with a clay wall around the state for protection against opponents beyond its borders.
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oral tradition, the Aja settlers that established themselves in the area of present-day
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According to the Toussaint Louverture Historical Society, Toussaint L'Ouverture, the
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arrived in southern Benin around the 12th or 13th century coming from
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African Kingdoms: An Encyclopedia of Empires and Civilizations
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The city and kingdom were supposedly founded by a group of
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used to be captured from enemy states and passed on to
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States and territories established in the 12th century
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Originally a part of the Allada Kingdom, the city of
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Toussaint L'Ouverture: A Biography and Autobiography
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Index

Great Ardra
Allada
Ethnic groups
Aja
Monarchy
Kingdom of Dahomey
Benin
History of Benin
Coat of arms of Benin
History of the Kingdom of Dahomey
Great Ardra
Oyo Empire
Songhai Empire
Kingdom of Akwamu
Atlantic slave trade
Dutch Slave Coast
Kingdom of Whydah
Kingdom of Dahomey
Annual Customs
First Franco-Dahomean War
Second Franco-Dahomean War
French Dahomey
French West Africa
Republic of Dahomey
Soglo coup
Kérékou coup
People's Republic of Benin
Mercenary coup attempt
Republic of Benin
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