03490nam 22007094a 450 991078192890332120230721032255.01-282-07852-697866120785210-253-11708-9(CKB)1000000000487310(EBL)339114(OCoLC)476155595(SSID)ssj0000246693(PQKBManifestationID)11188918(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000246693(PQKBWorkID)10208918(PQKB)11221545(MiAaPQ)EBC339114(OCoLC)228141133(MdBmJHUP)muse16789(Au-PeEL)EBL339114(CaPaEBR)ebr10225109(CaONFJC)MIL207852(EXLCZ)99100000000048731020061114d2007 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSlavery and the birth of an African city[electronic resource] Lagos, 1760-1900 /Kristin MannBloomington, Ind. Indiana University Pressc20071 online resource (489 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-34884-6 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.As 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 maSlave tradeNigeriaLagosHistory18th centurySlave tradeNigeriaLagosHistory19th centurySlave tradeGreat BritainHistory18th centurySlave tradeGreat BritainHistory19th centuryLagos (Nigeria)History18th centuryLagos (Nigeria)History19th centuryLagos (Nigeria)CommerceHistory18th centuryLagos (Nigeria)CommerceHistory19th centuryGreat BritainCommerceHistoryGreat BritainColoniesAfricaSlave tradeHistorySlave tradeHistorySlave tradeHistorySlave tradeHistory306.3/6209669109033Mann Kristin1946-243992MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781928903321Slavery and the birth of an African city3771029UNINA