Legacies of British Slavery in Australia and New Zealand

This book investigates the legacies of British slavery beyond Britain, focusing upon the colonisation of Australia and New Zealand, and explores why this history has been overlooked. After August 1833, when the British Parliament abolished slavery in the British Caribbean, Mauritius and the Cape, the former slave-owners were paid compensation for the loss of their 'property'. New research has begun to show that many beneficiaries had ties to other parts of the British Empire, including the settler colonies of Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa. Through a range of case studies, contributors to this collection trace the movement of people, goods, capital, and practices from the Caribbean to the new Australasian settler colonies. Chapters consider a range of places, people and themes to reveal the varied ways that slavery continued to shape imperial relationships, economic networks, and racial labour regimes after 1833.

Info autore

Zoë Laidlaw is Reader in British Imperial and Colonial History at Royal Holloway, University of London

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Zoë Laidlaw (Editore), Lydon Jane (Editore)
• Editore: Ingram Publishers Services
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2026
• EAN: 9781526184818
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-8481-8
• Pagine: 320
• Illustrazioni: 13 b&w illustrations, Karten
• Serie: Studies in Imperialism
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, Colonialism & imperialism, Social and cultural history, Colonialism and imperialism, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Slavery and abolition of slavery