Author: Chatwin, Bruce.
Title: The Viceroy of Ouidah.
Description: New York: Summit Books, 1980. 1980. New York: Summit Books, 1980. 1980. Good. - Octavo, cloth-backed boards in a price-clipped dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed with a chip to the head of its spine and with its top & bottom edges darkened. Half-title, title & 155 pages. Illustrated with endpaper maps. The top edge is foxed. Very good.

First American edition.

A fictionalized account of the life of white Brazilian slave- trader Francisco Felix de Souza, who moved to the West African country of Dahomey [now Benin] and was stationed at the country's slave port Ouidah. The King of Dahomey granted de Souza the title of Viceroy of Ouidah with a monopoly over the sale of slaves. Good .

Keywords: LITERATURE; HISTORICAL FICTION; NOVEL; SLAVERY; SLAVE TRADE; FRANCISCO FELIX DE SOUZA; WEST AFRICA; DAHOMEY; BRAZILIAN SLAVE TRADER; THE VICEROY OF OUIDAH; BRUCE CHATWIN; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION.

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