Dahomey Amazons - Seh-Dong-Hong-Beh wars aimed to obtain slaves
Time: 1851
Place: Nigeria
Details: In 1851, Seh-Dong-Hong-Beh led an all-female army consisting of 6,000 warriors against the Egba fortress of Abeokuta, to obtain slaves from the Egba people for the Dahomey slave trade.
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