Colonial Law in Africa, 1808-1919
Contributors: Microform Academic Publishers
Publisher: Microform Academic Publishers
Published: 2017
Place of publication: East Ardsley, Wakefield
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781851173266
Subjects: Sources; History; Politics and government; Colonization; Colonies
Other titles: African Government Gazettes, 1808-1919; British online archives.
Description: Originally known as the 'Government Gazettes', each item contains the colonial laws for the year they were published. The legal records also include property for sale, probate records and bankruptcy notices. This is the first part of the three part series 'Colonial Law in Africa'. These items cover the Napoleonic Wars, the Boer War and the First World War. They also cover the abolition of the legal status of slavery. These gazettes were published alongside the African Blue Books of Statistics during the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Table of contents: title: Kenya, 1899-1919; title: Nigeria (Lagos), 1887-1919; title: Zambia (Northern Rhodesia), 1899-1919; title: Malawi (Nyasaland), 1899-1919; title: Sierra Leone, 1818-1919; title: Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia), 1894-1919; title: The Gambia, 1883-1919; title: Ghana (Gold Coast), 1876-1919; title: Uganda, 1908-1919; title: Tanzania (Zanzibar), 1892-1919.