The Era of the Niger Expedition

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ID20072780
AuthorsPhilip D Curtin (corresponding author)
Year1964
Pages289-317
Publication date1964-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueThe Image of Africa (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/978-1-349-00539-0_12
OpenAlexW2485462596
ISBN9781349005390
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited9

Eighteen hundred and thirty seems to mark the end of an era in Anglo-West African relations. To the well-informed contemporary observer, it must have appeared that even the unsubstantial British effort of past decades was to be written off. From the side of government, the 1830 Parliamentary Committee and the decision to reduce commitments seemed final. In exploration, the Landers had settled the Niger problem, but the route from Tripoli was now closed. Private missionary efforts went on, but only on a very small scale, and the well-publicized mortality figures were a strengthened deterrent to any kind of activity. Yet other events of 1830 were to lead, indirectly and only after a decade of gestation, to a reversal of the apparent trend.KeywordsNiger DeltaSlave TradeGold CoastMissionary SocietyNaval ForceThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves

Ancient history · Development economics · Economics · Geography · Government (linguistics) · Political science · African history and culture analysis · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Philosophy

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