Armed women with the King at their head, going to war
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Title
Armed women with the King at their head, going to war
Collection
The history of Dahomy, an inland Kingdom of Africa
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1793
Place: London
Publisher: Author
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc Rare 966.801-D (Dalzel, A. History of Dahomy)
Shelf locator: Sc Rare 966.801-D
Subjects
Dahomey
Women in war
War casualties
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Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR29740998-B
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11858093
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 13fce230-c61f-012f-f517-58d385a7bc34
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Date Issued
1793
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Armed women with the King at their head, going to war" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1793. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/13fce230-c61f-012f-f517-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1793). Armed women with the King at their head, going to war Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/13fce230-c61f-012f-f517-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Armed women with the King at their head, going to war" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/13fce230-c61f-012f-f517-58d385a7bc34
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