However, with the enlargement of the dominion, agricultural plantations began to be a standard agricultural technique within the kingdom. So Porto-Novo asked for protection from France, and have become a French protectorate in 1863. In 1861, the dominion of Porto Novo, one of Dahomey's tributaries, was attacked by the British Royal Navy, which was collaborating in anti-slaving patrols. Markets served a key...
