Slavery and the birth of an African city : Lagos, 1760-1900 / / Kristin Mann.
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| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 473 p. :; maps. |
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Table of 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.