Slavery and the birth of an African city :
Mann, Kristin, 1946-
Slavery and the birth of an African city : Lagos, 1760-1900 / Kristin Mann. - Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, c2007. - xii, 473 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
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.
9780253348845 (cloth) 0253348846 (cloth)
2006037963
Slave trade--History--Nigeria--Lagos--18th century.
Slave trade--History--Nigeria--Lagos--19th century.
Slave trade--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Slave trade--History--Great Britain--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.
HT1394.L34 / M36 2007
306.3/6209669109033
Slavery and the birth of an African city : Lagos, 1760-1900 / Kristin Mann. - Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, c2007. - xii, 473 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
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.
9780253348845 (cloth) 0253348846 (cloth)
2006037963
Slave trade--History--Nigeria--Lagos--18th century.
Slave trade--History--Nigeria--Lagos--19th century.
Slave trade--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Slave trade--History--Great Britain--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.
HT1394.L34 / M36 2007
306.3/6209669109033