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Slavery and the birth of an African city Lagos, 1760-1900
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Title
Slavery and the birth of an African city [electronic resource] : Lagos, 1760-1900 / Kristin Mann.
ISBN
9780253348845 (cloth)
0253348846 (cloth)
Published
Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, c2007.
Physical Description
xii, 473 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
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Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 11, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-457) 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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