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| | The Story of Africa| BBC World Service (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) |
 | | In the early 18th century, Kings of Dahomey (known today as Benin) became big players in the slave trade, waging a bitter war on their neighbours, resulting in the capture of 10,000, including another important slave trader, the King of Whydah. |
 | | King Tegbesu made £250,000 a year selling people into slavery in 1750. |
 | | King Gezo said in the 1840's he would do anything the British wanted him to do apart from giving up slave trade: |
| www.bbc.co.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/9chapter2.shtml (847 words) |
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