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Great Benin; its customs, art and horrors (1903)

Roth, H. Ling (Henry Ling), 1854-1925 · Halifax, Eng., F. King & Sons, ltd. · leaf 142

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und, twolarge brass basins, nine feet [sic] in circumference, were brought in full of water inwhich slaves washed our feet, declaring that without this ceremony we could not seethe captain general. They were told that the war captain, named Jabou [Ojoma]was the richest in the country, that his…

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