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SUMMARY
The study has discussed a number of issues, one of the issues discussed is that precolonial Benin people had a well-entrenched economy which was built on Agriculture. Although other profession likes blacksmithing, hunting, carving existed, but they were secondary to agriculture. This is evident because every Benin man possessed a farmland either in large scale or as a garden at the back of his house. This study also demonstrated that the labour needs of the pre-colonial people of Benin land was collectively provided for through sources like; family labour, obligatory labour, reciprocal labour and other forms of labour. At this period, labour was not capital intensive, and there was no remuneration, what existed was light refreshment by the host, and it was not mandatory. This study also further showed that pre-colonial Benin Enigie (kings) received great patronage from their subjects which was exercised by the giving of yearly or seasonal tribute. This study further revealed that pre-colonial Benin society had in existence classes which were in the form of political institution, Enogie, Edion, and the various age-groups. Each group was highly respected by the lower group. This form of hierarchy shows that there was a wellorganized system before the coming of the British into Benin land in the late nineteenth century.
