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The Niger Expedition What was the purpose and task given the leader of the expedition to the Niger? This expedition was ordered to sail as far up the river as was possible to see what lay within the bowels of the Continent - gold, diamonds, agricultural produce, raw materials, ivory, or cheap labour. The expedition successfully reached the junction with the River Kwora (Benue), and extended its reach eastwards. If this expedition was judged to be 'successful ' in the estimation of those who sent it out, we do not know. One thing was certain, namely, approximately 60% of the Europeans that sailed on the Pleiad, the ship of the expedition, did not return alive to England. Most lost their lives on the river; several collapsing at Freetown, …show more content…

Such opportunities, they suggested, could reasonably be permitted and satisfied by a reciprocal access given to the middlemen on the coast as well as the enterprising 'long- distance traders ' and 'those who make things ' from the interior to facilitate a healthy two-way traffic in goods between 'the white man ', and the 'native '. Only thus could a fair and equitable distribution of any marketable resources identified and commercialised by the white man be justly accounted for. International Trade Many saw international trade as the basis and vehicle without which the development and respect which Africans had striven for, since the ending of the slave trade, would remain a sham. International trade, these eagle-eyed and business-savvy men had urged, would represent the only tangible benefits the people would gain by their contact with the white man. This was particularly the case, they reasoned, given the extensive access the white man had gained from his increasingly insidious and potentially destabilising 'alliances ' and 'treaties of protection ' he had 'signed ' with the 'city-states, the countries, and tribes …show more content…

Despite his technical progress made since his industrial revolution which had enabled him to gear-up, accelerate and expand, his business, they reasoned, this could not have succeeded without his use of palm oil as a lubricant for his engines. Alluding to the white man’s evident virtuosity in applying scientific methods to convert raw materials - the result of his early stage ‘Industrial Revolution’ – the Africans reminded themselves that 'all peoples were potentially capable of reaching the same objectives’ that could assure progress, peace and security for everyone over time, with a little help from their

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