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Slavery and the birth of an African city : Lagos, 1760-1900
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- Creator
- Kristin Mann
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, [2007]
- ©2007
- Physical Details
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- xii, 473 pages : maps ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780253348845, 9780253117083, 1282078526, 9786612078521, 0253117089, 9781282078529, 0253348846, 6612078529
- OCLC
- ocn476155595, ocm76828692, ocn228141133
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [423]-457) 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
Subjects
- Slave trade -- Nigeria -- Lagos -- History -- 18th century.
- Slave trade -- Nigeria -- Lagos -- History -- 19th century.
- Slave trade -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
- Slave trade -- Great Britain -- 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.
- Great Britain -- Commerce -- History.
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa.