Dahoman

She had one very anxious time; it was when Burton was sent on a special mission to the King of Dahomé, to impress upon that potentate the importance the British Government attached to the cessation of the slave-trade, and to endeavour by every possible means to induce him to discontinue the Dahoman customs, which were abominable cruelties.

The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton 2006

Notes on Certain Matters connected with the Dahoman. 1st November

The Life of Sir Richard Burton 2003

As the Dahoman sovereign is obliged to enter Deadland, his pious successor takes care that the deceased shall make this entrance in royal state, “accompanied by a ghostly court of leopard wives, head wives, birthday wives, Afa wives, eunuchs, singers, drummers, bards and soldiers.”

The Life of Sir Richard Burton 2003

Notes on Certain Matters connected with the Dahoman.

The Life of Sir Richard Burton 2003

In the name of my ancestors and myself, I aver, that no Dahoman ever embarked in war merely for the sake of procuring wherewithal to purchase your commodities.

The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 Various

This would have been wretched policy indeed; which, had it been adopted, the Dahoman name would have long ago been extinguished, instead of becoming as it is at this day, the terror of surrounding nations.

The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 Various

As the Dahoman sovereign is obliged to enter Deadland, his pious successor takes care that the deceased shall make this entrance in royal state, "accompanied by a ghostly court of leopard wives, head wives, birthday wives, Afa wives, eunuchs, singers, drummers, bards and soldiers."

The Life of Sir Richard Burton Wright, Thomas, 1859-1936 1906

Notes on Certain Matters connected with the Dahoman.

The Life of Sir Richard Burton Wright, Thomas, 1859-1936 1906

Notes on Certain Matters connected with the Dahoman. 1st November

The Life of Sir Richard Burton Wright, Thomas, 1859-1936 1906

I see the Kruman in his hut, and the Dahoman and Ashanteeman in their huts;

Salut au Monde 1900