GGR241H1 Chapter : Slavery and the Birth of an African City by Mann.docx
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Slavery and the birth of an african city: lagos (1760 1900) by mann (2007) Slave trade, abolition, emancipation: atlantic trade in west africa/ouidah to south america. Lagos was a regional trade with foreign buyers and later gained income from goods. Increased control of people in oligarchy by demonstrating the advantages of having slaves with wealth and power being dominant. Valued as a number and the support they had. Lagosians were released from manual labor and given small wages. Loss of autonomy and imperial capital in 1861 and lawed until 1876: glover created the atlantic trade and enforced credit system, allowing oba to have some control and eventually they gain independence in different parts of.
