Savi
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Savi was the capital of the Kingdom of Whydah prior to its capture by the forces of Dahomey in 1727.
Prior to the conquest of the city it had a circumference of about four miles. There were British East India Company, Dutch West India Company, French East India Company and a Portuguese trading compound in the city, adjacent to the Royal Palace.
Overall the city was very populous and filled with throngs of people.
[edit] References
- Ross, David. "Robert Norris, Agaja, and the Dahomean Conquest of Allada and Whydah" in History in Africa, 16 (1989), 311-324.
- Harms, Robert. The Diligent: A Journey through the Worlds of the Slave Trade. New York: Basic Books, 2002. p. 155-156.
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