Slavery and the birth of an African city [Texte imprimé] : Lagos, 1760-1900 / Kristin Mann.

Mann, Kristin 1946-....

Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press , c2010

1 vol.(xii, 473 p.) : cartes ; 25 cm

978-0-253-22235-0 br 31€

Esclavage -- Commerce -- Lagos (Nigeria) -- Histoire -- 18e siècle -- 19e siècle

978-0-253-22235-0

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.