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Throwback Thursday: The Bombardment and Plunder of Benin (1897)
April 19, 2022
About three years before Britain consolidated the provinces and protectorates of Nigeria and as the realities of the partitioning of Africa began to dawn on them, it went on a bombardment mission of the old Benin Kingdom in 1897. British government representatives, prior to that time, had already completed negotiations for peace among some warring … Continue reading Throwback Thursday: The Bombardment and Plunder of Benin (1897)
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