From slave trade to "legitimate" commerce

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.

Subjects

Series Statement

• African studies series ;

Other Editions

• From slave trade to "legitimate" commerce: the commercial transition in nineteenth-century West Africa : papers from a conference of the Centre of Commonwealth Studies, University of StirlingCambridge University Press1995-01-01
• From Slave Trade to 'Legitimate' CommerceHardcoverCambridge University Press1995-08-25
• From Slave Trade to 'Legitimate' CommercePaperbackCambridge University Press2002-08-08
• From Slave Trade to 'Legitimate' CommerceCambridge University Press2009-01-01