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Armed women with the King at their head, going to war

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1107224


Item data

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

Genres

Illustrations

Physical Description

Engravings

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR29740998-B
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11858093
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 13fce230-c61f-012f-f517-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1793

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MLA format

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

APA format

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

Chicago/Turabian Format

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

Wikipedia citation

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