Negotiating Abolition
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Negotiating Abolition

The Antislavery Project in the British Strait Settlements, 1786-1843

  1. 232 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Negotiating Abolition

The Antislavery Project in the British Strait Settlements, 1786-1843

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Dedication Page
  5. Contents 
  6. List of Maps
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 A Policy of Noninterference
  9. 2 Negotiating Abolition in the Indian Ocean World
  10. 3 Redefining Slavery and Servitude in the Straits
  11. 4 The Politics of Abolition in the Straits
  12. 5 Tolerance vs. Emancipation: Abolition in Malacca
  13. 6 A Convenient Compromise
  14. 7 An Illicit Trade to Penang and Singapore
  15. 8 The Wild, Womanless East Indies
  16. Conclusion: In the Wake of Abolition
  17. Bibliography
  18. Index
  19. Imprint