The diary of Antera Duke, an eighteenth-century African slave trader

"One of the earliest documents written by an African residing in coastal West Africal predating the arrival of British missionaries and officials in the mid-19th century. Antera Duke was a leader and merchant in late eighteenth-century Old Calabar. His diary is a candid account of daily life in an African community during a period of great historical interest"--Provided by publisher.