£49.50

Oxford University Press Consul John Beecroft's Journal of his Mission to Dahomey, 1850: 17 (Fontes Historiae Africanae)

Price data last checked 59 day(s) ago - refreshing...

View at Amazon

We'll watch every seller, every day. One email when your price arrives.

It has never been this cheap. We have no record of a lower price.

£50 today · cheaper than every other day in the last 3 months

NEW HERE?

Amazon shows you one price. We show you all of them.

Tosheroon watches Amazon prices so you don't have to. Every product on Amazon has a price history — we make it visible. Set the price you'd actually pay, and we'll email you the second it gets there. No app, no account, one email.

WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE

↓ Price chart
when this has been cheap or pricey
↓ Forecast
where the price is heading next
↓ Statistics
all-time high & low, recent range
↑ Price alert
name your number, we'll email you

Price History & Forecast

Grey patches = out of stock. Cheaper = lower on the chart. Hover for exact prices.

Last 32 days • 32 data points (No recent data available)

Historical
Generating forecast...
£49.50 £47.03 £48.02 £49.01 £50.00 £50.99 £51.98 12 March 2026 19 March 2026 27 March 2026 04 April 2026 12 April 2026

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 32 days • 1 price levels

Days at Price
32 days 0 8 16 24 32 £50 Days at Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £50 (32 days, 100.0%)

Price range: £50 - £50

Price levels: 1 different prices over 32 days

Description

Consul John Beecroft's Journal of his Mission to Dahomey, 1850 features diary entries made by John Beecroft whilst he was British Consul in West Africa. His diplomatic mission to the kingdom of Dahomey (in what is today the Republic of Bénin) in 1850 was part of the British government's efforts to suppress the trans-Atlantic slave trade. He sought (unsuccessfully) to persuade the Dahomian king, Gezo, to accept a treaty to ban the export of slaves from his dominions. This journal is a valuable source, not only for the history of British policy towards the slave trade, but also for the history of Dahomey, which was one of the most important indigenous states in coastal West Africa in the nineteenth century. This edition includes additional documents relating to the mission, including the journal of Beecroft's co-envoy, the naval officer Lieutenant F.E. Forbes. Comparison between Beecroft's and Forbes's accounts reveals numerous discrepancies, which raise important methodological issues, relating to the evaluation of such European reportage of African societies. The edition includes an editorial introduction and extensive annotation, which supplies the contextualization necessary for full understanding of the text, including cross-referencing to and comparison with other contemporary accounts of Dahomey and its dealings with the British.

Key Features

Consul John Beecroft's Journal of his Mission to Dahomey, 1850 (Fontes Historiae Africanae)

Product type: ABIS BOOK

Brand: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Product Specifications

Format
hardcover
Domain
Amazon UK
Release Date
15 April 2019
Listed Since
17 February 2019

Barcode

No barcode data available

Similar Products You Might Like

Slave Traders by Invitation: West Africa’s Slave Coast in the Precolonial Era
96% match

Slave Traders by Invitation: West Africa’s Slave Coast in the Precolonial Era

£39.73 06 Jan 2026
The Diary of Antera Duke: An Eighteenth-Century African Slave Trader
96% match

The Diary of Antera Duke: An Eighteenth-Century African Slave Trader

Oxford University Press

£31.03 07 Jan 2026
Fighting the Slave Trade: West African Strategies (Western African Studies)
96% match

Fighting the Slave Trade: West African Strategies (Western African Studies)

OHIO UNIVERSITY PRESS

£51.43 12 Dec 2025
Envoys of abolition: British Naval Officers and the Campaign Against the Slave Trade in West Africa (Liverpool Studies in International Slavery): 15
96% match

Envoys of abolition: British Naval Officers and the Campaign Against the Slave Trade in West Africa (Liverpool Studies in International Slavery): 15

Liverpool University Press

£95.09 14 Jan 2026
African Women in the Atlantic World: Property, Vulnerability & Mobility, 1660-1880: 16 (Western Africa Series)
96% match

African Women in the Atlantic World: Property, Vulnerability & Mobility, 1660-1880: 16 (Western Africa Series)

James Currey

£60.63 08 Mar 2026
Public Memory of Slavery: Victims and Perpetrators in the South Atlantic
96% match

Public Memory of Slavery: Victims and Perpetrators in the South Atlantic

Cambria Press

£105.19 04 Apr 2026
South Africa: Past, Present, and Future
96% match

South Africa: Past, Present, and Future

Cognella Academic Publishing

£108.00 09 Mar 2026
West African Soldiers in Britain’s Colonial Army, 1860-1960: 94 (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)
96% match

West African Soldiers in Britain’s Colonial Army, 1860-1960: 94 (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)

£86.80 15 Jan 2026
Pan-African Chronology I: A Comprehensive Reference to the Black Quest for Freedom in Africa, the Americas, Europe and Asia, 1400-1865 (Pan-African Chronologies): 1
95% match

Pan-African Chronology I: A Comprehensive Reference to the Black Quest for Freedom in Africa, the Americas, Europe and Asia, 1400-1865 (Pan-African Chronologies): 1

McFarland

£49.11 16 Apr 2026
Materializing the Middle Passage: A Historical Archaeology of British Slave Shipping, 1680-1807
95% match

Materializing the Middle Passage: A Historical Archaeology of British Slave Shipping, 1680-1807

Oxford University Press

£123.95 12 Jan 2026
Slavery and the Cultures of Abolition: Essays Marking the Bicentennial of the British Abolition Act of 1807: 60 (Essays and Studies)
95% match

Slavery and the Cultures of Abolition: Essays Marking the Bicentennial of the British Abolition Act of 1807: 60 (Essays and Studies)

Boydell Press

£67.99 23 Jan 2026
Afro-European Trade in the Atlantic World: The Western Slave Coast, c. 1550- c. 1885 (Western Africa Series)
95% match

Afro-European Trade in the Atlantic World: The Western Slave Coast, c. 1550- c. 1885 (Western Africa Series)

James Currey

£76.83 01 Mar 2026
Commercial Agriculture, the Slave Trade and Slavery in Atlantic Africa (Western Africa Series)
95% match

Commercial Agriculture, the Slave Trade and Slavery in Atlantic Africa (Western Africa Series)

James Currey

£77.74 12 Jan 2026
African American Autobiography and the Quest for Freedom: 91 (Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies: Contemporary Black Poets)
95% match

African American Autobiography and the Quest for Freedom: 91 (Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies: Contemporary Black Poets)

By

£63.10 07 Mar 2026
African Heritage and Memories of Slavery in Brazil and the South Atlan
95% match

African Heritage and Memories of Slavery in Brazil and the South Atlan

Cambria Press

£91.39 24 Feb 2026
West African Warfare in Bahia and Cuba: Soldier Slaves in the Atlantic World, 1807-1844 (The Past and Present Book Series)
95% match

West African Warfare in Bahia and Cuba: Soldier Slaves in the Atlantic World, 1807-1844 (The Past and Present Book Series)

Oxford University Press

£41.49 07 Mar 2026
Resisting Bondage in Indian Ocean Africa and Asia (Routledge Studies in Slave and Post-Slave Societies and Cultures)
95% match

Resisting Bondage in Indian Ocean Africa and Asia (Routledge Studies in Slave and Post-Slave Societies and Cultures)

Routledge

£98.22 08 Mar 2026
Berghahn Books - From Chains to Bonds: The Slave Trade Revisited
95% match

Berghahn Books - From Chains to Bonds: The Slave Trade Revisited

Berghahn Books

£106.72 15 Apr 2026
Journeys of the Slave Narrative in the Early Americas (New World Studies)
95% match

Journeys of the Slave Narrative in the Early Americas (New World Studies)

University of Virginia Press

£63.50 22 Feb 2026
Africans in East Anglia, 1467-1833: 41 (Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History)
95% match

Africans in East Anglia, 1467-1833: 41 (Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History)

Boydell Press

£75.39 17 Mar 2026
The British Press, Public Opinion and the End of Empire in Africa: The 'Wind of Change', 1957-60 (Britain and the World)
95% match

The British Press, Public Opinion and the End of Empire in Africa: The 'Wind of Change', 1957-60 (Britain and the World)

MACMILLAN

£89.20 26 Feb 2026
From Slave Trade to 'Legitimate' Commerce: The Commercial Transition in Nineteenth-Century West Africa: 86 (African Studies, Series Number 86)
95% match

From Slave Trade to 'Legitimate' Commerce: The Commercial Transition in Nineteenth-Century West Africa: 86 (African Studies, Series Number 86)

Cambridge University Press

£86.35 19 Apr 2026
From Africa to Brazil: Culture, Identity, and an Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600–1830: 113 (African Studies, Series Number 113)
95% match

From Africa to Brazil: Culture, Identity, and an Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600–1830: 113 (African Studies, Series Number 113)

Cambridge University Press

£73.69 09 Dec 2025
Slavery in the Global Diaspora of Africa (Global Africa)
95% match

Slavery in the Global Diaspora of Africa (Global Africa)

Routledge

£111.77 28 Feb 2026