From Slave Trade to 'Legitimate' Commerce: The Commercial Transition in Nineteenth-Century West Africa(African Studies)

Series: African Studies

This edited collection, written by leading specialists, deals with nineteenth-century commercial transition in West Africa: the ending of the Atlantic slave trade and development of alternative forms of "legitimate" trade. Approaching the subject from an African perspective, the case studies consider the effects of transition on the African societies involved, and provide new insights into the his