Benin

Continent: Africa
Capital: Porto-Novo
Abolition Date:See Notes...
Start Date: 1486: João Afonso Aveiro makes contact with the kingdom and the city of Benin.
Currency: Franc de la Communauté financière africaine

Languages Spoken: French (official), Fon, Yoruba, tribal languages
Population: As estimated in late 2006, is 8,439,000.
National Anthem: "L'Aube Nouvelle" (The Dawn of a New Day)

From the sixteenth to the nineteenth century European slave trade became a black chapter in Africa’s history, and Benin – then called Dahomey - became a center for the trade in the region. While the Ivory Coast was known for Ivory trade, and Ghana was known as the “Gold Coast”, Benin and the surrounding area towards Accra will forever be recorded in history as the “Slave Coast”.

Slavery abolition date Benin...
Although slavery is officially banned in Benin, human-rights activists say the selling of children into slavery is still quite common.

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