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Negotiating abolition : the antislavery project in the British Strait settlements, 1786-1843 /

"Shawna Herzog explores the ways sex and gender complicated the enforcement of colonial anti-slavery policies, the challenges local officials faced in identifying slave populations, and how European reclassification of slave labor to systems of indenture, or 'free,' labor created a ne...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Herzog, Shawna (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
Subjects:
Antislavery movements > Straits Settlements > History > 18th century.
Antislavery movements > Straits Settlements > History > 19th century.
Abolitionists > Straits Settlements > History > 18th century.
Abolitionists > Straits Settlements > History > 19th century.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > Straits Settlements > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > Straits Settlements > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Abolitionnistes > Straits Settlements > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Abolitionnistes > Straits Settlements > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Asian history.
Abolitionists
Antislavery movements
Asia > Straits Settlements
1700-1899
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • List of Maps
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 A Policy of Noninterference
  • 2 Negotiating Abolition in the Indian Ocean World
  • 3 Redefining Slavery and Servitude in the Straits
  • 4 The Politics of Abolition in the Straits
  • 5 Tolerance vs. Emancipation: Abolition in Malacca
  • 6 A Convenient Compromise
  • 7 An Illicit Trade to Penang and Singapore
  • 8 The Wild, Womanless East Indies
  • Conclusion: In the Wake of Abolition
  • Bibliography
  • Index