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1 online resource (xii, 473 pages) : maps |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references 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. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Slave trade -- Nigeria -- Lagos -- History -- 18th century.
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Slave trade. |
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Nigeria -- Lagos. |
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History. |
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18th century |
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Slave trade -- Nigeria -- Lagos -- History -- 19th century.
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| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Lagos (Nigeria) -- History -- 18th century.
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Lagos (Nigeria) -- History -- 19th century.
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Lagos (Nigeria) -- Commerce -- History -- 18th century.
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Lagos (Nigeria) -- Commerce -- History -- 19th century.
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Slave trade -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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Great Britain. |
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Slave trade -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Great Britain -- Commerce -- History.
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Commerce. |
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Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa.
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Colonies. |
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Africa. |
| Chronological Term |
1700-1899 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mann, Kristin, 1946- Slavery and the birth of an African city. Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, ©2007 9780253348845 (DLC) 2006037963 (OCoLC)76828692 |
| ISBN |
9780253117083 (electronic book) |
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0253117089 (electronic book) |
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0253348846 |
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9780253348845 |
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