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Entry of the French army into Abomey, Dahomey, Africa, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
Entry of the French army into Abomey, Dahomey, Africa, 1892. In November 1892, Behanzin, the last independent reigning king of Dahomey, being defeated by French colonial forces, set fire to Abomey and fled northward. The French colonial administration rebuilt the town and connected it with the coast by a railroad. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 24th December 1892.
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AR944392
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3860px × 4540px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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19th century
Abomey
AFRICA
African
Army
Arrival
ARRIVING
Art Media
BANNER
Benin
Cityscape
Colonialism
color
concept
Conquest
CONTINENT
country
Dahomey
Fire
FLAG
FLAGS
France
French
Henri
Henri Meyer
Infantry
INVADER
INVADERS
Invasion
LOCATION
Male
Man
Marching
Men
MEYER
Military personnel
MILITARY UNIFORM
NINETEENTH CENTURY
OCCUPATION
People
Print Collector4
Smoke
Soldier
soldiers
STANDARD
TGN
tricolour
WARFARE
Wars
Zou