TY - BOOK AU - Mann,Kristin ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - Slavery and the birth of an African city: Lagos, 1760-1900 AV - HT1394.L34 M36 2007 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 - Lagos (Nigeria) KW - Commerce KW - Colonies KW - Africa KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [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; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries UR - http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/aitie/detail.action?docID=339114 ER -