Haffon, Last Ruler of the Kingdom of Whydah

Haffon, Last Ruler of the Kingdom of Whydah

Roi de Juida. King of Juida. Haffon (1695-1727) was the last ruler of the Kingdom of Whydah before it was captured by the forces of Dahomey in 1727. Haffon became King of Whydah in 1708. He was not crowned in a formal ceremony at Savi until 1725. His coronation party included 40 of his favorite wives. The 1725 date is that given by Chevalier des Marchais but some modern scholars argue it happened in 1717-18. Ouidah or Whydah, formerly the Kingdom of Whydah, is a city on the coast of the Republic of Benin. Whydah troops pushed their way into the African interior, capturing millions of people through tribal wars, and selling them to the Europeans and Arabs. By 1716, when the massive English slave ship Whydah Gally arrived to purchase 500 slaves from King Haffon to sell in Jamaica, the Kingdom of Whydah had become the second largest slave port in the Triangular trade. Costumes of Different Countries, hand-tinted engraving by Labrousse, published by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, 1797.

BÉNIN (16th century)

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