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Quotes from Benin: The City of Blood — Reginald Bacon

1863–1947 United Kingdom

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Every person who was able...indulged in a human sacrifice, and those who could not, sacrificed some animal and left the remains in front of his house. After a day or so the whole town seemed one huge pest-house.

Benin: The City of Blood (1897)

Crucifixions, human sacrifices, and every horror the eye could get accustomed to, to a large extent, but the smells no white man's internal economy could stand...Blood was everywhere; smeared over bronzes, ivory, and even the walls.

Benin: The City of Blood (1897)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Reginald Bacon (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.