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Dahomey Amazons

Seh-Dong-Hong-Beh wars aimed to obtain slaves

1851
Nigeria

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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