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Sascha Auerbach
The Overseer State: Slavery, Indenture and Governance in the British Empire, 1812–1916
The Overseer State: Slavery, Indenture and Governance in the British Empire, 1812–1916
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- More about The Overseer State: Slavery, Indenture and Governance in the British Empire, 1812–1916
In this compelling work, Sascha Auerbach offers a bold new historical interpretation of late-stage slavery, its long-term legacies, and its entanglement with the development of the modern state. In the wake of abolition, from the Caribbean to southern Africa to Southeast Asia, a fusion of government authority and private industry replaced the iron chains of slavery with equally powerful fetters of law and regulation. This 'overseer-state' helped move, often through deceptive and coercive methods, millions of Indian and Chinese indentured laborers across Britain's imperial possessions. With a perspective that ranges from Parliament to the plantation, the book brings to light the fascinating and terrifying history of the world's first truly global labor system, those who struggled under its heavy yoke, and the bitter legacies left in its wake.
- Publication date: 27 March 2025
- Page count: 382
- Dimensions: Height 235 mm; Width 159 mm; Thickness 29 mm
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN-13: 9781009315791
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