Slavery and the birth of an African city : Lagos, 1760-1900 / Kristin Mann.
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- Slave trade -- Nigeria -- Lagos -- History -- 18th century
- Slave trade -- Nigeria -- Lagos -- History -- 19th century
- Lagos (Nigeria) -- History -- 18th century
- Lagos (Nigeria) -- History -- 19th century
- Lagos (Nigeria) -- Commerce -- History -- 18th century
- Lagos (Nigeria) -- Commerce -- History -- 19th century
- Slave trade -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- Slave trade -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Great Britain -- Commerce -- History
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa
- Esclaves -- Commerce -- Nigeria -- Lagos -- Histoire -- 18e siècle
- Esclaves -- Commerce -- Nigeria -- Lagos -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Esclaves -- Commerce -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 18e siècle
- Esclaves -- Commerce -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Grande-Bretagne -- Colonies -- Afrique
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Slavery
- British colonies
- Commerce
- Slave trade
- Africa
- Great Britain
- Nigeria -- Lagos
- Sklavenhandel
- Nigeria
- Lagos
- Großbritannien
- 1700-1899
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- HT1394.L34 M36 2007eb
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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.
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.
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