Template-type: ReDif-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Liu, Kaiqi
Author-workplace-name: RS: GSBE other - not theme-related research, Microeconomics & Public Economics
Author-Name: Rusch, Hannes
Author-workplace-name: Microeconomics & Public Economics, RS: GSBE other - not theme-related research
Title: Slave raiding in the twentieth century
Abstract: Slave-making and trading lastingly shaped global demographics. However, no quantitative studies of enslavement as a day-to-day business exist. We address this gap using a unique dataset coded from the surviving records kept by notorious slave raider Hamman Yaji (c. 1863–1929). Spanning fifteen years and over 300 events, the data reveal whom Yaji targeted, how he timed his raids, and how destructive they were. Panel regression analyses show how Yaji’s decisions were shaped by political, military, ecological, and economic constraints on profit maximization. Situated in colonial eastern Nigeria, our results provide unprecedented insight into the microeconomics of slave raiding
Keywords: slavery, raiding, conflict, exploitation, Nigeria, Adamawa
Classification-JEL: d74,j47,n47
Series: GSBE Research Memoranda
Creation-Date: 20261012
Number: 010
File-URL: https://cris.maastrichtuniversity.nl/ws/files/324670983/RM26010.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 1327936
Handle: Repec:unm:umagsb:2026010
DOI: 10.26481/umagsb.2026010