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This one feature has appeared occasionally in maps, often partially, but I don't think this idea has been examined in-depth before...

British only acquired Lagos in the mid 19th century after decades of anti-slavery activity around the Gulf of Guinea which began well after the Napoleonic Wars. However, by that time British Nigeria seemed to be already an inevitability. But it was only because France lost the Napoleonic Wars as bad as it did.

However, say, would a surviving Napoleonic France be able to pull this off ? I don't mean the really big burly one that had everything up to Poland under its thumb. But perhaps either a more moderated success that will have better chance of lasting or one suffering less bad of defeat due to a well-timed death of Napoleon. Perhaps this France could've afforded to be more active at the seas, including in the suppression of slave trade (though the last part, of course, calls into question whether a persisting Napoleonic France will illegalize slavery soon enough)
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