Commerce and Economic Change in West Africa
Subtitle: The Palm Oil Trade in the Nineteenth Century (African Studies)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 13, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780521590747
Subjects: African history: c 1500 to c 1900; International trade; History; Industries And Trades (Economic Aspects); Business & Economics; History - General History; Palm oil industry; Business/Economics; West Africa; Africa - General; Commerce; History / Renaissance; Palm oil industry--Africa, West--History--19th century; Africa, West; Industries - General; 19th century
First sentence: At the start of the nineteenth century the trade in slaves remained the main export activity along much of the West African coast.