Slavery and the birth of an African city [electronic resource] : Lagos, 1760-1900 / Kristin Mann.
2007
HT1394.L34 M36 2007eb
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Slavery and the birth of an African city [electronic resource] : Lagos, 1760-1900 / Kristin Mann.
Author
Mann, Kristin, 1946-
ISBN
9780253348845 (cloth)
0253348846 (cloth)
0253348846 (cloth)
Imprint
Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, c2007.
Language
English
Description
xii, 473 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
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HT1394.L34 M36 2007eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.3/6209669109033
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-457) and index.
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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.
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.