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020 _a978-978-941-188-7
100 _aShasore, Olasupo
245 0 _aPossessed: A History of Law & Justice in the Crown Colony of Lagos (1861-1906)
260 _bQuramo Publishing Ltd
260 _c2014
300 _a313
520 _aThis is a new and revealing view of hidden accounts, court evidence, testimony and papers of enquiry showing how colonisation employed ''law and justice'' to achieve its pernicious objectives - changing the course and African society. This book assist with a clear picture of the special status of Lagos in the creation of our country. It sets the scene of a bitter battle fought by the people of Lagos to resist conquest by foreigners and presents a more accurate view of the infamous but false giving-away of Lagos by one of its rulers. It even gives us a sense of the lack of certainty in the mind of the colonisers as to how to execute the plan of possession...
650 _aColony of Lagos
650 _aHistory
650 _aNon-Fiction
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942 _cBook
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