Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of maps
- Preface
- Map 1 The Lower Senegal in the eighteenth century
- 1 Cosaan: “the origins”
- 2 Slavery and the slave trade in the Lower Senegal
- 3 The Atlantic kingdom: maritime commerce and social change
- 4 Merchants and slaves: slavery on Saint Louis and Gorée
- 5 Famine, civil war, and secession, 1750–1800
- 6 From river empire to colony: Saint Louis and Senegal, 1800–1860
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
- TITLES IN THE SERIES
Map 1 - The Lower Senegal in the eighteenth century
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 October 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of maps
- Preface
- Map 1 The Lower Senegal in the eighteenth century
- 1 Cosaan: “the origins”
- 2 Slavery and the slave trade in the Lower Senegal
- 3 The Atlantic kingdom: maritime commerce and social change
- 4 Merchants and slaves: slavery on Saint Louis and Gorée
- 5 Famine, civil war, and secession, 1750–1800
- 6 From river empire to colony: Saint Louis and Senegal, 1800–1860
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
- TITLES IN THE SERIES
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- West African Slavery and Atlantic CommerceThe Senegal River Valley, 1700–1860, pp. xivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1993