From Slave Trade to 'Legitimate' Commerce
Subtitle: The Commercial Transition in Nineteenth-Century West Africa (African Studies)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 8, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9780521523066
Subjects: Economic history; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; c 1700 to c 1800; History: World; History; History - General History; West Africa; Africa - General; Slavery; Africa, West--Commerce--History--19th century; Africa, West--Commerce--History--19th century--Congresses; History / Africa; History / Renaissance; Social Science-Slavery
First sentence: 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.