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Slaves out of context: domestic slavery and the Anglo-Indian family, c. 1780–1830
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Finn, Margot C. (2009) Slaves out of context: domestic slavery and the Anglo-Indian family, c. 1780–1830. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Vol.19 . pp. 181-203. doi:10.1017/S0080440109990090 ISSN 0080-4401.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0080440109990090
Abstract
This paper explores the place of domestic slaves in British families resident in India, c. 1780–1830, and the ways in which the presence of slaves within these Anglo-Indian households challenged British understandings of slavery as a practice. Drawing upon probate data, private correspondence and the Parliamentary Papers, it suggests that the history of slavery in the British empire must be situated within wider histories of family, household and kin. Located within the family and often conflated with servants, domestic slaves in Anglo-India came to be seen as dependent female subordinates whose gender and status placed them outside the emerging politics of emancipation.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > History | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Slavery -- India, Colonists -- India, Great Britain -- Colonies -- Asia, Great Britain -- Colonies -- Social conditions, India -- Social conditions -- British occupation, 1765-1947 | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Transactions of the Royal Historical Society | ||||
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||
| ISSN: | 0080-4401 | ||||
| Official Date: | December 2009 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.19 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 181-203 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0080440109990090 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
| Funder: | Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC) | ||||
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