Commerce and Economic Change in West Africa
Subtitle: The Palm Oil Trade in the Nineteenth Century (African Studies)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 2, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780521893268
Subjects: African history: c 1500 to c 1900; Agriculture & related industries; International trade; c 1800 to c 1900; History - General History; History; History: World; West Africa; Africa - General; Commerce; Renaissance; Business & Economics : Commerce; History / Africa; History / Renaissance; History : Renaissance; Palm oil industry--Africa, West--History--19t; Palm oil industry--Africa, West--History--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.