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British expansion accelerates in the last decades …
Years: 1876 - 1887
British expansion accelerates in the last decades of the nineteenth century.
The early history of Lagos Colony is one of repeated attempts to end the Yoruba wars.
In the face of threats to the divided Yoruba states from Dahomey and the Sokoto Caliphate, as represented by the emirate of Ilorin, the British governor—assisted by the CMS—succeeds in imposing peace settlements on the interior.
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- Igbo people
- Hausa Kingdoms, the
- Hausa people
- Yoruba people
- Ijaw people
- Kano (Hausa city state)
- Katsina (Hausa city state)
- Gobir (Hausa city state)
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Benin Empire
- Ibibio people
- Bonny, Ijo city-state of
- Protestantism
- Anglicans (Episcopal Church of England)
- Oyo Empire
- Calabar, Efik state of
- Dahomey, Kingdom of
- Khasso, Fulani Jihad State
- Aro Confederacy
- Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
- Fulani Empire
- Nupe, Emirate of the
- Sokoto, Kingdom of
- Gwandu Emirate
- Zaria, Emirate of
- Oyo, Yoruba Kingdom of
- France (French republic); the Third Republic
- German Empire (“Second Reich”)
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Years: 1876 - 1887
Locations
Groups
- Igbo people
- Hausa Kingdoms, the
- Hausa people
- Yoruba people
- Ijaw people
- Kano (Hausa city state)
- Katsina (Hausa city state)
- Gobir (Hausa city state)
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Benin Empire
- Ibibio people
- Bonny, Ijo city-state of
- Protestantism
- Anglicans (Episcopal Church of England)
- Oyo Empire
- Calabar, Efik state of
- Dahomey, Kingdom of
- Khasso, Fulani Jihad State
- Aro Confederacy
- Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
- Fulani Empire
- Nupe, Emirate of the
- Sokoto, Kingdom of
- Gwandu Emirate
- Zaria, Emirate of
- Oyo, Yoruba Kingdom of
- France (French republic); the Third Republic
- German Empire (“Second Reich”)
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Subjects
Regions
Subregions