Book contents
- Ruling the World
- Ruling the World
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I 1838: The Year of Freedom
- 1 Setting the Scene for Emancipation
- 2 Managing Expectations
- 3 Political Freedom
- 4 Settler Liberties
- 5 Free Trade, Famine and Invasion
- 6 Steam and Opium
- Conclusion to Part I: An Empire of Freedom?
- Part II 1857: The Year of Civilisation
- Part III 1879: The Year of Liberalism
- Appendix: Cast of Characters
- Notes
- Index
- References
1 - Setting the Scene for Emancipation
from Part I - 1838: The Year of Freedom
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 December 2020
- Ruling the World
- Ruling the World
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I 1838: The Year of Freedom
- 1 Setting the Scene for Emancipation
- 2 Managing Expectations
- 3 Political Freedom
- 4 Settler Liberties
- 5 Free Trade, Famine and Invasion
- 6 Steam and Opium
- Conclusion to Part I: An Empire of Freedom?
- Part II 1857: The Year of Civilisation
- Part III 1879: The Year of Liberalism
- Appendix: Cast of Characters
- Notes
- Index
- References
Summary
Britain’s reliance on slavery; how emancipation affected imperial governance; how loss of labour was mitigated; apprenticeship; the Caribbean, Cape Colony, Ceylon, Mauritius, Sierra Leone, convicts in Van Diemen’s Land, slavery in India.
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- Ruling the WorldFreedom, Civilisation and Liberalism in the Nineteenth-Century British Empire, pp. 35 - 60Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021