Origins
(Ouidah before the Dahomean Conquest)
The Dahomean Conquest of Ouidah
The Atlantic Slave Trade Operationalized
De Souza’s Ouidah
(The era of the illegal slave trade 1815-39)
The Era of Transition
(From slaves to palm oil 1840-57)
Dissension & decline
(Ouidah under King Glele) 1858 – 77)
From Dahomean to French Rule
(1878 – 92)
