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Author Mann, Kristin, 1946-

Title Slavery and the birth of an African city : Lagos, 1760-1900 / Kristin Mann.

Publication Info. Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, [2007]
©2007

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 Moore Stacks  HT1394.L34 M36 2007    Available  ---
Description xii, 473 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-457) and index.
Contents 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.
Subject Slave trade -- Nigeria -- Lagos -- History -- 18th century.
Slave trade.
Nigeria -- Lagos.
History.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Slave trade -- Nigeria -- Lagos -- History -- 19th century.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject 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.
Great Britain.
Slave trade -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Great Britain -- Commerce -- History.
Commerce.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa.
Colonies.
Africa.
ISBN 9780253348845 cloth
0253348846 cloth