The English trade on the Quaqua Coast, from 1830 to 1854

The Quaqua Coast, located in the south of present-day Côte d’Ivoire, populated by the Alladian and Avikam, was, from the 17th and 18th centuries, in commercial relations with the European interlopers. In the nineteenth century, after the abolition of the slave trade, the English inaugurated a new trade in the Gulf of Guinea based on palm oil. The English traders relied on the skillful Quaqua traders to expand their activities. Benefiting from the confidence of the Quaqua populations, the English traders introduced the Manila as a currency in the region.