Negotiating Abolition
The Antislavery Project in the British Strait Settlements, 1786-1843
Seiten
2021
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-07320-3 (ISBN)
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-07320-3 (ISBN)
Negotiating Abolition: The Antislavery Project in the British Straits Settlements, 1786-1843 explores how sex and gender complicated the enforcement of colonial anti-slavery policies in the region, 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 new illicit trade for women and girls to the Straits Settlements of Southeast Asia.
Through a history of early-19th century slavery and abolition in this often overlooked region in British imperial history, Herzog bridges a historiographical gap between colonial and modern slave systems. She discusses the dynamic intersectionality between perceptions of race, class, gender, and civilization within the Straits and how this informed behavior and policy regarding slavery, abolition, and prostitution within the settlement.
This book provides an important new perspective for scholars of slavery interested in Southeast Asia, British imperialism in the Indian Ocean world and Asia, the East India Company in the Straits, and gender and sexuality in the context of empire.
Through a history of early-19th century slavery and abolition in this often overlooked region in British imperial history, Herzog bridges a historiographical gap between colonial and modern slave systems. She discusses the dynamic intersectionality between perceptions of race, class, gender, and civilization within the Straits and how this informed behavior and policy regarding slavery, abolition, and prostitution within the settlement.
This book provides an important new perspective for scholars of slavery interested in Southeast Asia, British imperialism in the Indian Ocean world and Asia, the East India Company in the Straits, and gender and sexuality in the context of empire.
Shawna Herzog is an Instructor in History at Washington State University, USA. Her primary research and teaching fields are imperialism, gender, modern Britain and the British Empire, and slavery in the Indian Ocean World.
Introduction
1. The ‘Gradual Abolition' of Slavery in Britain’s East Indies
2. Cataloguing, Categorizing, and Classifying Labor and Servitude in the Straits Settlements
3. Tolerance vs. Emancipation: The Abolition of Slavery in Malacca
4. Too Many Men and Not Enough Women: The Illicit Slave Trade to Singapore and Penang
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 15.01.2021 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 503 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| ISBN-10 | 1-350-07320-2 / 1350073202 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-350-07320-3 / 9781350073203 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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