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Savi is a town in Benin that was the capital of the Kingdom of Whydah prior to its capture by the forces of
Savi is a town in Benin that was the capital of the Kingdom of Whydah prior to its capture by the forces of Dahomey
The Kingdom of Dahomey () was a West African kingdom located within present-day Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. Dahomey developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst the Fon people in the early 17th century and became a region ...
in 1727.
An account of the city was given by Robert Norris in 1789:
There were British, French, Dutch and Portuguese factories in the city, adjacent to the Royal Palace. They were essentially involved in the slave trade.
References
* Norris, Robert (1789), ''Memoirs of the reign of Bossa Ahádee'' London: Printed for W. Lowndes. * Ross, David. "Robert Norris, Agaja, and the Dahomean Conquest of Allada and Whydah" in ''History in Africa'', 16 (1989), 311–324. * Harms, Robert. ''The Diligent: A Journey through the Worlds of the Slave Trade''. New York: Basic Books, 2002. p. 155-156. Populated places in Benin {{benin-geo-stub