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James Robert Phillips
James Robert Phillips was a British colonial official, acting consul-general of the Niger Coast Protectorate. In January 1897 he led a small, largely unarmed party towards Benin City, intending to see the Oba, despite warnings to wait until a sacred festival had ended. The party was ambushed and Phillips and most of his companions were killed, which Britain used as the pretext for the Benin Expedition of 1897.
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