Slavery and the Birth of an African City: Lagos, 1760--1900As the slave trade entered its last, illegal phase in the 19th century, the town of Lagos on West Africa's Bight of Benin became one of the most important port cities north of the equator. Slavery and the Birth of an African City explores the reasons for Lagos's sudden rise to power. By linking the histories of international slave markets to those of the regional suppliers and slave traders, Kristin Mann shows how the African slave trade forever altered the destiny of the tiny kingdom of Lagos. This magisterial work uncovers the relationship between African slavery and the growth of one of Africa's most vibrant cities. |
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1 The Rise of Lagos as an Atlantic Port c 17601851 | 23 |
2 Trade Oligarchy and the Transformation of the Precolonial State | 51 |
Antislavery Imperial Expansion and Early Colonial Rule | 84 |
Boom and Bust in the Palm Produce Trade | 117 |
5 Britain and Domestic Slavery | 160 |
Work Ideology and the Demand for People | 200 |
7 The Changing Meaning of Land in the Urban Economy and Culture | 237 |
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A. G. Hopkins Abeokuta Abolition Ajayi Akitoye Apatira àrótà Atlantic Slave Trade Badagry Bight of Benin Britain British Cambridge University Press Campbell to Clarendon canoes chiefs commerce Consul Court Crown grants culture Dahomey David Eltis dependents domestic Dosunmu early colonial Ebite Egba emancipation encl European exports Fadipe February female slaves former slaves Freeman to Newcastle fugitive slaves Gender Glover to Cardwell Gold Coast Hausa Heinemann households Ibadan Ijebu important interior JNCC kingdom Kosoko Kristin Mann labor lagoon Lagos’s Lagosians Land Tenure London Lovejoy male slaves McCoskry merchants missionaries moreover Nigeria nineteenth century number of slaves officials Ojora Oshodi Ouidah overlords owners Oxford Oyo Empire palm oil palm produce trade political port precolonial relationship Robin Law Sierra Leonean Slave Coast Slavery social Society Somade tion town Toyin Falola trade at Lagos WALC West Africa Wisconsin Press wives women Yoruba Yorubaland