Scandal of colonial rule : power and subversion in the British Atlantic during the age of revolution /

"In 1806 General Thomas Picton, Britain's first governor of Trinidad, was brought to trial for the torture of a free mulatto named Louisa Calderon and for overseeing a regime of terror over the island's slave population. James Epstein offers a fascinating account of the unfolding of t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Epstein, James
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2012]
Series:	Critical perspectives on empire.
Subjects:	Trinidad > Social conditions > 19th century. Criminal justice, Administration of > Trinidad and Tobago > Trinidad > History > 19th century. Slavery > Trinidad and Tobago > Trinidad > History > 19th century. Great Britain > Colonies > History > 19th century. Picton, Thomas, > Sir, > 1758-1815 > Trials, litigation, etc. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction
1. Politics of colonial sensation
2. A gentleman's way in the world
3. 'Only answerable to God and conscience': justice unbounded by law
4. Ruling narratives
5. The radical underworld goes colonial
6. In search of free labor
7. Conspiracy in the archive
Epilogue: moving on.