Sure, but let's not forget that these weren't just beautiful, historic structures sitting on display. They were used daily to inflict countless horrors on the citizens of Benin or really anyone who was unlucky enough to be captured by someone operating in Benin

> But the way Benin treated its slaves and the public display of large quantities of human remains hardened British attitudes towards Benin's rulers. Since 1863, the British had been trying to force the King to stop selling slaves to the Arab traders who had replaced the Portuguese after 1836 and to stop the practice of human sacrificial crucifixion.