Slavery and the birth of an African city [electronic resource] : Lagos, 1760-1900 / Kristin Mann.
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TextPublication details: Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, c2007.Description: xii, 473 p. : mapsSubject(s): - 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
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- HT1394.L34 M36 2007
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| Ebook | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online | eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available |
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.