Official hesitation about adding tropical dependencies to…

1876 CE to 1887 CE

Official hesitation about adding tropical dependencies to the British Empire outweighs these factors for many years.

The prevailing sentiment, even after Lagos became a colony in 1861, had been expressed in a parliamentary report in 1865 urging withdrawal from West Africa.

Colonies were regarded as expensive liabilities, especially where trading concessions could be exercised without resorting to annexation.

Attitudes changed, however, as rival European powers, especially France and Germany, scurry to develop overseas markets and annex territory.

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Lagos City Lagos Nigeria View →

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Igbo people View → Hausa Kingdoms, the View → Hausa people View → Yoruba people View → Ijaw people View → Kano (Hausa city state) View → Katsina (Hausa city state) View → Gobir (Hausa city state) View → Christians, Roman Catholic View → Benin Empire View → Ibibio people View → Bonny, Ijo city-state of View → Protestantism View → Anglicans (Episcopal Church of England) View → Oyo Empire View → Calabar, Efik state of View → Khasso, Fulani Jihad State View → Aro Confederacy View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View → Fulani Empire View → Nupe, Emirate of the View → Sokoto, Kingdom of View → Gwandu Emirate View → Zaria, Emirate of View → Oyo, Yoruba Kingdom of View → German Empire (“Second Reich”) View → France (French republic); the Third Republic View →

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Sub-Saharan Africa, Modern View → Scramble for Africa View →

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