Slavery, Abolitionism and Empire in India, 1772-1843

This book explores the complex interactions between imperial expansion, political abolitionism and colonial philanthropy that underpinned the ambivalent attitudes of both British evangelicals and East India company officials towards the existence of slavery in India in the period 1772-1843.

Summary

This book explores the complex interactions between imperial expansion, political abolitionism and colonial philanthropy that underpinned the ambivalent attitudes of both British evangelicals and East India company officials towards the existence of slavery in India in the period 1772-1843.

Product details

• Authors: Andrea Major
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.10.2014
• EAN: 9781781381113
• ISBN: 978-1-78138-111-3
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: Liverpool Studies in International Slavery; Liverpool Studies in International Slavery; Liverpool Studies in Internati
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History