- Kingdom of Whydah
The Kingdom of Whydah (IPA2|ˌʍɪˈdaː, enPR2|hwĭ-däʹ; sometimes transliterated Hueda) was a kingdom on the coast of
West Africa in the boundaries of the modern nation ofBenin . It was a major slave trading post.The kingdon, whose last ruler of this land was
King Haffon , was centered inSavi .Name
The name "Whydah" (also spelt "Whidah" or "Whidaw") is an anglicised form of the
Benin ese name "Xweđa" (now often translated as "Hueda" or "Hweda"). When the Portuguese first settled the southern coast ofWest Africa , they spelled the name "Ajudá". Today the city ofOuidah bares the kingdom's name.The name was received because most of the European
slave trader s lived and worked in the port city of Ouidah.References
* Harms, Robert. "The Diligent: A Voyage Through the Worlds of the Slave Trade". Basic Books: New York, 2002.
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