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
4 - Settler Liberties
from Part I - 1838: The Year of Freedom
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 December 2020
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
Summary
The Eastern Cape Frontier; colonial Humanitarianism and the Aborigines Committee; Anna Gurney, the Protectorates of Aborigines; the Myall Creek massacre; representative government in Australia and the Cape Colony; reconciling settler colonialism with humanitarianism.
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- Ruling the WorldFreedom, Civilisation and Liberalism in the Nineteenth-Century British Empire, pp. 108 - 143Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
References
Further Reading
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Curthoys, A., and Mitchell, J., Taking Liberty: Indigenous Rights and Settler Self-Government in Colonial Australia, 1830–1890, Cambridge University Press, 2018.Google Scholar
Elbourne, E., Blood Ground: Colonialism, Missions, and the Contest for Christianity in the Cape Colony and Britain, 1799–1853, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1991Google Scholar
Evans, J., Grimshaw, P., Philips, D. and Swain, S., Equal Subjects, Unequal Rights: Indigenous Peoples in British Settler Colonies, 1830s-1910, Manchester University Press, 2003.Google Scholar
Keegan, T., Dr Philip’s Empire: One Man’s Struggle for Justice in Nineteenth-Century South Africa, Zebra Press, 2016.Google Scholar
Lester, A. and Dussart, F., Colonization and the Origins of Humanitarian Governance: Protecting Aborigines Across the Nineteenth Century British Empire, Cambridge University Press, 2014.Google Scholar
Mostert, N., Frontiers: The Epic of South Africa’s Creation and the Tragedy of the Xhosa People, Alfred Knopf, 1977.Google Scholar
Nettelbeck, A., Indigenous Rights and Colonial Subjecthood: Protection and Reform in the Nineteenth-Century British Empire, Cambridge University Press, 2019.Google Scholar