1st Edition

Nigeria Under British Rule (1927)

By Sir William M.N. Geary Copyright 1966
    323 Pages
    by Routledge

    323 Pages
    by Routledge

    First Published in 1965. This book recounts Nigeria under British rule and is dedicated by the author to Mr Joseph Chamberlain who was Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1895 to 1903. It includes the areas of Lagos and the Niger coast as revenue generators, the Niger Delta Protectorate, the Royal Niger Company, and Amalgamated Nigeria from 1914.

    Chapter I Introduction; Chapter II Lagos, 1851–1906; Chapter III The Niger Delta to 1884; Chapter IV The Niger Coast Protectorate—1884–99 Inclusive; Chapter V Southern Nigeria 1900–13, Including Lagos from 1905; Chapter VI The Upper Niger Till 1886; Chapter VII The Royal Niger Company—Chartered and Limited, 1886–1900; Chapter VIII Northern Nigeria, 1900–13; Chapter IX Amalgamated Nigeria, 1914 Till Date;

    Biography

    Sir William M.N. Geary