Roth, 1903 writes: The following account of the trial and deposition of the king, when he finally decided to give himself up, is taken verbatim from letters written home at the time by my brother, then in the service of the Niger Coast Protectorate.
The next day, on the 6th (today), the king rested after his fatigue.
References
1) READ C.H, & DALTON O,M, ANTIQUITIES FROM THE CITY OF BENlN AND FROM OTHER PARTS OF WEST AFRICA IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, 1899.
2) Roth, H. L, Great Benin, 1903, app 111, p. xii
Ibid p. xiii
The next day, on the 6th (today), the king rested after his fatigue.
References
1) READ C.H, & DALTON O,M, ANTIQUITIES FROM THE CITY OF BENlN AND FROM OTHER PARTS OF WEST AFRICA IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, 1899.
2) Roth, H. L, Great Benin, 1903, app 111, p. xii
Ibid p. xiii
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