rnission aders and naval office of pot ase and fought 10 the Asante-Fant, pritis to their take over of southern Ghar jeadin€ A 1860 -The French also took 7 and Contonou in 1880s OPMENT OF LEGI te trade was the legal trade 7 lawful commercial activities in west Afrigg goods like palm oil, co the trade in other nuts and others other than the slaves. FACTORS FOR THE DEVELOP LEGITMATE TRADE IN W. THE DEVE Legitma 1.The factors for the developm were many and they wer economicin nature. 2.The abolition of t thFubber. st products were increasi jn Europe as Sicha ee nn eat Hon taking placelt created aeeka, aa E for raw s in europe. pean. traders there fore remained at the carry on with the lucrative trade in the oducts. oil remained the most important commodity pitmate trade as it was used in lubricating the opean machines and making soap and dles. Seat quantities of palm oil were obtained in the Niger Delta region and this made this centre the most important area for legitmate activity because the palm oil exports rose from 200 tons in 1808 to 14000 tons in 1834 and 25000tons in 1845. in 1845, palm oil exports was worth &750,00 pounds at £34 a ton and due to this palm oil yieldMacgregor, ,4a found new possibilities for interior . 16, The traders there fore bi into a commercial194 trade transformed the west African into cash economies d producing goods for sale in bulk. ; ablishment of farm plantations for cotton, palm oil and ground nuts which improved on the agricultural economies of west Africa. y crops were introduced like cotton,cocoa al crops like palm oil into west besides the tradition. | Africa especially in Senegal,gambia Niger Delta ' states and others. Human dignity was restored and Africans earned | respect as it was before the period of slave trade. : ,it led to the European colonization Africa due to the appeals made by the agents and missionaries to their home uments for protection. the annexation of some coastal parts ; s in order to abolish slave trade ia took over the Asante after theAnglo- ch sie in 1874,Lagos in1860 and the S80 annexed Contonou and Porto Novo economies ietieS starte