The Abolition of the Slave Trade in Southeastern Nigeria, 1885-1950

by A.E. Afigbo

Book Overview

A historical reconstruction of the campaign to end the slave trade in Southeastern Nigeria.

The Abolition of the Slave Trade in Southeastern Nigeria, 1885-1950, is a history of the campaign waged by Great Britain in colonial Nigeria from approximately 1885 on, to abolish the internal slave trade in the Bight of Biafra and its hinterland, a region also known as Eastern Nigeria, Southeastern Nigeria, the Eastern Provinces, or the trans-Niger...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580462421
• ISBN13: 9781580462426
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"