The Egba and their neighbours 1842-1872
Date
1991
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Ibadan: University Press PLC,
Abstract
Origins; Early Days At Abeokuta (1830-41); Sunrise within the tropics’ (1842-9); Dahomian Menace (1850-4); V. A ‘Buxton’ State and Cotton (1855-9); The era of the Ijaye war (1860-5); Power Politics (1866-72)
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This book, which is based on a Ph.D. thesis submitted to the University of London in May 1951, deals with the external relations of the Egba State from 1842 to 1872, from the time when the first missionaries arrived at Abeokuta to the departure of Commander Glover from Lagos, the coastal British colony.