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 | Role of guns in the slave trade reconsidered Dahomey as a specific case in turning the trade to European goods Saint Mary Univerity website stmarys.ca "Economy - Dahomey had a monetary system: cowry shells were the basic currency, but trade goods were used also—guns, bolts of cloth etc. - Europeans tried to take advantage of this currency; they brought so many cowry shells that the shells lost value (inflation). As a result, European trade goods became the basic currency used in the purchase of slaves. - farming was very important ... |
 | African currency, economic manipulation and the Zanzibar slave trade Dahomey as an example when it come to African economies Said Mary's University Site: stmarys.ca "Economy - Dahomey had a monetary system: cowry shells were the basic currency, but trade goods were used also—guns, bolts of cloth etc. - Europeans tried to take advantage of this currency; they brought so many cowry shells that the shells lost value (inflation). As a result, European trade goods became the basic currency used in the purchase of slaves. - farming was very important; agriculture ... |
