Nineteenth Century Revolutions in the Eastern Delta State and Calabar

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Title:	Nineteenth Century Revolutions in the Eastern Delta State and Calabar
Author:	Alagoa, Ebiegberi J.
Year:	1971
Periodical:	Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria
Volume:	5
Issue:	4
Period:	June
Pages:	565-573
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Nigeria
Subjects:	revolutions history 1800-1899 History and Exploration Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
Abstract:	Some of the states of the Eastern Niger Delta, as well as the Efik state of Calabar on the Cross River, experienced political upheavals in the second half of the nineteenth century. The pioneer work on these states - K. Onwuka Dike, 'Trade and politics in the Niger Delta, 1830-1885' (Oxford, 1956) - characterized these disturbances of the status quo as 'slave revolts'. Object of this paper is to review this aspect of Nigerian history and to suggest a revised conclusion. The author discusses and reinterprets, in the main, the old data, and does not expose fresh detailed information. Notes.