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Author Major, Andrea, author.

Title Slavery, Abolitionism and Empire in India, 1772-1843.

Publication Info. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (385 pages).
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Series Liverpool Studies in International Slavery, 6 ; v. 6
Liverpool studies in international slavery ; 6.
Contents Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Glossary; Some Prominent Figures in the British Parliament, the Abolitionist Movement and the East India Company; Part I; Introduction; Chapter 1; Part II; Introduction: Slavery and Colonial Expansion in India; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Part III; Introduction: Locating Indian Slaveries; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Part IV; Introduction: Evangelical Connections; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Conclusion: 'Do Justice to India': Abolitionists and Indian Slavery, 1839-1843.
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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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject Slavery -- India -- History -- 18th century.
Slavery.
India.
History.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Slavery -- India -- History -- 19th century.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Antislavery movements -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
Antislavery movements.
Great Britain.
Antislavery movements -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Slavery and the church -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
Slavery and the church.
Slavery and the church -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
India -- Social conditions.
Social conditions.
India -- Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
Chronological Term 1700-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Major, Andrea. Slavery, Abolitionism and Empire in India, 1772-1843. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, ©2012 9781846317583
ISBN 9781781388426 (electronic book)
1781388423 (electronic book)
9781846317255
1846317258
9781846317583