Treaty of Cession of Lagos

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colonial treaty historical document treaty

The Treaty of Cession of Lagos was an 1861 agreement by which the Oba of Lagos ceded sovereignty over Lagos to the British Crown, paving the way for formal colonial rule in the region.

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Label	Occurrences
Treaty of Cession of Lagos canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial treaty ⓘ historical document ⓘ treaty ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	Lagos NERFINISHED ⓘ Lagos Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Lagos Lagoon area ⓘ
chronologyPosition	early phase of British rule in what became Nigeria ⓘ
consequence	integration of Lagos into the British colonial economy ⓘ introduction of formal British colonial administration in Lagos ⓘ reduction of Oba of Lagos’s political authority ⓘ
country	Lagos NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
dateSigned	1861-08-06 ⓘ
follows	British bombardment of Lagos in 1851 ⓘ British occupation of Lagos in the 1850s ⓘ
hasEffectOn	Yoruba polities in the Lagos area ⓘ trans-Atlantic trade in Lagos ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	marked the beginning of formal British colonial rule in present-day Nigeria ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	instrument of cession ⓘ
motivation	British desire to control trade routes in the Bight of Benin ⓘ British policy against the Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
partOf	British Empire in Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ history of Lagos ⓘ history of Nigeria ⓘ
placeSigned	Lagos NERFINISHED ⓘ Lagos Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Bight of Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ West Africa ⓘ
relatedTo	British colonial expansion in West Africa ⓘ abolition of the slave trade ⓘ formation of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria ⓘ
result	cession of Lagos to the British Crown ⓘ creation of the Colony of Lagos ⓘ establishment of British colonial rule in Lagos ⓘ transfer of sovereignty over Lagos to Britain ⓘ
signatory	British Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ Oba Dosunmu NERFINISHED ⓘ Oba of Lagos NERFINISHED ⓘ
signedByRepresentativeOf	British government NERFINISHED ⓘ Lagos monarchy ⓘ Queen Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject	cession of territory ⓘ colonial administration ⓘ sovereignty over Lagos ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ
yearSigned	1861 ⓘ

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Lagos Colony → establishedThrough → Treaty of Cession of Lagos ⓘ