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6..Jaja's rule was very strict but he was fair, he recreated the Bonny system of trade house but under one central authority " HIS OWN" . He paid inland producers well. When some traders tried to bypass him, he sent troops and people died, a lot of people, it was brutal but it kept the system firm, he also refused to allow Christian missionaries in, he sees how they divide Bonny, rather he opened a government school and hired an African American teacher AMA WHITE .

6..Jaja's rule was very strict but he was fair, he recreated the Bonny system of trade house but und...

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Reality Check ✅: 7. By the mid 1870s King Jaja was one of the richest trader in West Africa with lost of trade canoes scattered across the delta, he even helped the British in the Ashanti war, he sent troops and supplies, Queen Victoria rewarded him with a sword of honour calling him a friendly independent ruler. In...