This edited collection, written by leading specialists, deals with nineteenth-century commercial transition in West Africa: the ending of the Atlantic slave trade and development of alternative forms of "legitimate" trade. Approaching the subject from an African perspective, the case studies consider the effects of transition on the African societies involved, and provide new insights into the history of precolonial Africa and the slave trade, origins of European imperialism, and longer term issues of economic development in Africa.
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This edited collection, written by leading specialists, deals with nineteenth-century commercial transition in West Africa: the ending of the Atlantic slave trade and development of alternative forms of 'legitimate' trade. Approaching the subject from an African perspective, the case studies consider the effects of transition on the African societies involved, and provide new insights into the history of pre-colonial Africa and the slave trade, origins of European imperialism, and longer term issues of economic development in Africa.
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Since 1956, when Dike argued that abolition involved 'a drastic change' for Africa, with Britain's withdrawal from slaving in 1807 precipitating 'an economic crisis among African traders', the impact of British abolition on Africa has been the subject of controversy. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
palm produce trade, transition from the slave trade, palm oil trade, commercial transition, coastal brokers, coastal prices, palm oil prices, gum trade, slave prices, slave exports, palm oil exports, export agricultural production, imperialism revisited, palm oil production, palm oil industry, overseas slave trade, kola trade, slave trade era, oil palm industry, slave shipments, exporting slaves, exported slaves, slaves exported, legitimate commerce, oil traders Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
West Africa, Gold Coast, Old Calabar, Bight of Biafra, Bight of Benin, Robin Law, West Indies, Guineiske Journaler, Niger Delta, Supreme Court, Middle Niger, Sokoto Caliphate, Consul Campbell, David Richardson, New York, Patrick Manning, Taiwo Olowo, Central Sudan, Claude Meillassoux, Economics of Empire, Ivor Wilks, Jinadu Somade, Lagos Consulate, Paul Lovejoy, Danish Guinea New!
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Since 1956, when Dike argued that abolition involved 'a drastic change' for Africa, with Britain's withdrawal from slaving in 1807 precipitating 'an economic crisis among African traders', the impact of British abolition on Africa has been the subject of controversy. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
palm produce trade, transition from the slave trade, palm oil trade, commercial transition, coastal brokers, coastal prices, palm oil prices, gum trade, slave prices, slave exports, palm oil exports, export agricultural production, imperialism revisited, palm oil production, palm oil industry, overseas slave trade, kola trade, slave trade era, oil palm industry, slave shipments, exporting slaves, exported slaves, slaves exported, legitimate commerce, oil traders Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
West Africa, Gold Coast, Old Calabar, Bight of Biafra, Bight of Benin, Robin Law, West Indies, Guineiske Journaler, Niger Delta, Supreme Court, Middle Niger, Sokoto Caliphate, Consul Campbell, David Richardson, New York, Patrick Manning, Taiwo Olowo, Central Sudan, Claude Meillassoux, Economics of Empire, Ivor Wilks, Jinadu Somade, Lagos Consulate, Paul Lovejoy, Danish Guinea New!
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- Hopkins: An Economic History of West Africa (Paper) by A. G. Hopkins on 12 pages
- Transformations in Slavery: A History of Slavery in Africa (African Studies) by Paul E. Lovejoy on 8 pages
- African Historiography: Essays in Honour of Jacob Ade Ajayi by Toyin Falola on 8 pages
- Palm Oil and Protest: An Economic History of the Ngwa Region, South-Eastern Nigeria, 1800-1980 (African Studies) by Susan M. Martin on 7 pages
- History of West Africa, Vol. 1 by J. F. Ade Ajayi on 6 pages
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- Re-Imagining Rwanda: Conflict, Survival and Disinformation in the Late Twentieth Century (African Studies) by Johan Pottier in Back Matter
- Decolonization and African Society: The Labor Question in French and British Africa (African Studies) by Frederick Cooper in Back Matter
- Leisure and Society in Colonial Brazzaville (African Studies) by Phyllis Martin in Index
- Status and Respectability in the Cape Colony, 1750-1870: A Tragedy of Manners (African Studies) by Robert Ross in Back Matter
- Commerce and Economic Change in West Africa: The Palm Oil Trade in the Nineteenth Century (African Studies) by Martin Lynn in Back Matter
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