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Table of Contents:

• 1. The rise of Lagos as an Atlantic port, c. 1760-1851
• 2. Trade, oligarchy, and the transformation of the precolonial state
• 3. The original sin : anti-slavery, imperial expansion, and early colonial rule
• 4. Innocent commerce : boom and bust in the palm produce trade
• 5. Britain and domestic slavery
• 6. Redefining the owner-slave relationship : work, ideology, and the demand for people
• 7. The changing meaning of land in the urban economy and culture
• 8. Strategies of struggle and mechanisms of control : Quotidian conflicts and court cases.

Author/Creator:

Mann, Kristin, 1946-

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Slavery and the birth of an African city: Lagos, 1760-1900 [by Mann, K.]

Subjects:

Slave trade — Nigeria — Lagos — History — 18th century

Slave trade — Nigeria — Lagos — 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

Slave trade — Great Britain — History — 18th century

Slave trade — Great Britain — History — 19th century

Great Britain — Commerce — History

Great Britain — Colonies — Africa

1700-1899

Commerce

British colonies

Slave trade

Nigeria — Lagos

Africa

Great Britain

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-457) and index.

Physical Description:

xii, 473 pages : maps ; 25 cm

Call Numbers:

HT1394.L34 M36 2007

ISBNs:

9780253348845 (cloth)
0253348846 (cloth)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2006037963

OCLC Numbers:

76828692