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Ghezo, also
spelled Gezo, was King of
Dahomey (present-day
Republic of Benin) from 1818
until 1858.
Ghezo replaced his
brother Adandozan (who
ruled from...
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began putting significant pressure on King
Ghezo in the 1840s to end the
slave trade in Dahomey. King
Ghezo responded to
these requests by emphasizing...
- king. In 1818, King
Ghezo (reign 1818–1858) came to the
throne by
forcibly replacing his
older brother Adandozan.
Crucial in
Ghezo's rise to
power was the...
- of Agonglo's
wives (and
Ghezo's mother) Na Agontimé. In the film,
Ghezo condemns Adandozan's actions; when the real-life
Ghezo seized power from Adandozan...
- the
nearby Kingdom of
Dahomey as a child, and was
later enslaved by King
Ghezo of Dahomey. She was
given as a "gift" to
Captain Frederick E.
Forbes of...
- Benin, from 1797
until 1818. His rule
ended with a coup by his
brother Ghezo who then
erased Adandozan from the
official history resulting in high uncertainty...
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small fishing village, and is
thought to have been
formally founded by King
Ghezo of
Dahomey in 1830. It grew as a
centre for the
slave trade, and
later palm...
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kingdom of
Dahomey (part of modern-day Benin). He
succeeded his father,
Ghezo, and
ruled from 1858 to 1889.
Glele continued his father's
successful war...
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actually existed. From the time of King
Ghezo (ruling from 1818 to 1858),
Dahomey became increasingly militaristic.
Ghezo placed great importance on the army...
- to the 26th art
object to be repatriated, a
statue that
represents King
Ghézo, who
ruled from 1818 to 1859,
shown below. A voice-over by the
Haitian writer...
