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Warfare in Atlantic Africa, 1500–1800 Warfare and History General Editor Jeremy Black Professor of History, University of Exeter European Warfare, 1660–1815 Jeremy Black The Great War, 1914–18 Spencer C. Tucker Wars of Imperial Conquest in Africa 1830–1914 Brace Vandervort German Armies: War and German Society, 1648–1806 Peter Wilson Ottoman Warfare, 1500–1700 Rhoads Murphey Seapower and Naval Warfare, 1650–1830 Richard Harding Air Power in the Age of Total War John Buckley Frontiersmen: Warfare in Africa Since 1950 Anthony Clayton Western Warfare in the Age of the Crusades, 1000–1300 John France The Korean War: No Victors, No Vanquished Stanley Sandier European and Native American Warfare, 1675–1795 Armstrong Starkey Vietnam Spencer C.Tucker The War for Independence and the Transformation of American Society Harry M.Ward Warfare, State & Society in the Byzantine World, 565–1453 John Haldon Soviet Military System Roger Reese Warfare in Atlantic Africa, 1500–1800 John Thornton Warfare in Atlantic Africa, 1500–1800 John K.Thornton Millersville University For my father, Robert L.Thornton for all his support through the years First published 1999 in the UK and the USA by UCL Press 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE The name of University College London (UCL) is a registered trade mark used by UCL Press with the consent of the owner. This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2003. UCL Press in an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group © 1999 John K.Thornton All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book has been requested ISBN 0-203-50044-X Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-203-55920-7 (Adobe eReader Format) ISBN 1-85728-392-9 (Hbk) ISBN 1-85728-393-7 (Pbk) Contents Maps vii Preface xiii Introduction: African War and World History 1 1 Cavalries of the Savannah 19 2 War in the Rivers: Senegambia and Sierra Leone 41 3 War in the Forest: The Gold Coast 55 4 Horses, Boats and Infantry: The Gap of Benin 75 5 War on the Savannah: West Central Africa 99 6 War, Slavery and Revolt: African Slaves and Soldiers in the Atlantic World 127 Conclusion 149 Notes 153 Index 185 v Maps 1. The Gold Coast, 1500–1800 vii MAPS 2. The Gap of Benin and Niger Delta, 1500–1800 viii MAPS 3. West Central Africa, 1500–1800 ix
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