TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mann,Kristin
TI  - Slavery and the birth of an African city: Lagos, 1760-1900 
SN  - 9780253117083
AV  - HT1394.L34 M36 2007eb
U1  - 306.3/6209669109033 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Bloomington, Ind.
PB  - Indiana University Press
KW  - Slave trade
KW  - Nigeria
KW  - Lagos
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Esclaves
KW  - Commerce
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 18e siècle
KW  - 19e siècle
KW  - Grande-Bretagne
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Slavery
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - British colonies
KW  - fast
KW  - Sklavenhandel
KW  - gnd
KW  - Lagos (Nigeria)
KW  - Colonies
KW  - Africa
KW  - Afrique
KW  - Großbritannien
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - gtlm
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The rise of Lagos as an Atlantic port, c. 1760-1851 -- Trade, oligarchy, and the transformation of the precolonial state -- The original sin : anti-slavery, imperial expansion, and early colonial rule -- Innocent commerce : boom and bust in the palm produce trade -- Britain and domestic slavery -- Redefining the owner-slave relationship : work, ideology, and the demand for people -- The changing meaning of land in the urban economy and culture -- Strategies of struggle and mechanisms of control : quotidian conflicts and court cases; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - As the slave trade entered its last, illegal phase in the 19th century, the town of Lagos on West Africa's Bight of Benin became one of the most important port cities north of the equator. This work explores the reasons for Lagos' sudden rise to power. It uncovers the relationship between African slavery and the growth of Lagos
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