The terms of the Royal Niger Company's…

1876 CE to 1887 CE

The terms of the Royal Niger Company's charter specify that trade should be free in the region—a principle systematically violated as the company strengthens its monopoly to forestall French and German trade interests.

The company also is supposed to respect local customs "except so far as may be necessary in the interests of humanity."

The qualifying clause is aimed at slavery and other activities categorized as "barbarous practices" by British authorities, and it foreshadows the qualifications applied to noninterference as a guide to official policy when Britain assumes formal colonial responsibility in Nigeria.

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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 → Benin Empire View → Ibibio people View → Bonny, Ijo city-state of 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 → Nupe, Emirate of the View → Fulani Empire View → Zaria, Emirate of View → Oyo, Yoruba Kingdom of View →

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

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Slaves View →

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Commerce View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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