Bibliograph

Negotiating abolition, the antislavery project in the British Straits Settlements, 1786-1843, by Shawna R. Herzog

Type

Label

Negotiating abolition, the antislavery project in the British Straits Settlements, 1786-1843, by Shawna R. Herzog

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

maps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Negotiating abolition

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographystandards specifications

Oclc number

1192303306

Responsibility statement

by Shawna R. Herzog

Series statement

Bloomsbury eBooks.

Sub title

the antislavery project in the British Straits Settlements, 1786-1843

Summary

"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 new illicit trade for women and girls to the Strait Settlements of Southeast Asia. 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"--, Provided by publisher

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

Target audience

adolescent

Creator