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Author Watson, R. L. (Richard Lyness), 1945-

Title Slave emancipation and racial attitudes in nineteenth-century South Africa / R.L. Watson.

Publication Info. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 318 pages) : maps
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Physical Medium polychrome
Summary "This book examines the social transformation wrought by the abolition of slavery in 1834 in South Africa's Cape Colony. It pays particular attention to the effects of socioeconomic and cultural changes in the way both freed slaves and dominant whites adjusted to the new world. It compares South Africa's relatively peaceful transition from a slave to a non-slave society to the bloody experience of the US South after abolition, analyzing rape hysteria in both places as well as the significance of changing concepts of honor in the Cape. Finally, the book examines the early development of South Africa's particular brand of racism, arguing that abolition, not slavery itself, was a causative factor; although racist attitudes were largely absent while slavery persisted, they grew incrementally but steadily after abolition, driven primarily by whites' need for secure, exploitable labor"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Part I. The Foundations of Racial Order: 1. The passing of the slave system; 2. Labor and the economy -- Part II. Cultural and Political Factors: 3. Missions; 4. Respectability; 5. The frontier; 6. The trek; 7. Plagues -- Part III. Rape, Race and Violence: 8. Violence; 9. Rape and other crimes; 10. Honor -- Part IV. A Racial Order: 11. Sediment at the bottom of the mind; 12. An aristocracy of skin -- Appendix: The newspapers.
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Subject Slavery -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope -- History.
Slavery.
South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope.
History.
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope -- History.
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation.
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- British colonies.
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- French colonies.
Race discrimination -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope -- History.
Race discrimination.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Watson, R.L. (Richard Lyness), 1945- Slave emancipation and racial attitudes in nineteenth-century South Africa. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9781107022003 (DLC) 2011047823 (OCoLC)768480243
ISBN 9781139233989 (electronic book)
113923398X (electronic book)
1139230999
9781139230995
9781107022003
1107022002
9781139230995
Standard No. 9786613580757