Worthy of freedom : antislavery, free labor, and indentured labor migration in the era of emancipation, 1834-1878
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Worthy of Freedom explains the "normalization" of Indian indentured labor migration after the abolition of slavery in the British empire. In the immediate aftermath of abolition, indenture caused a public scandal and faced legal and economic instability. But over the course of three decades, indenture came to be accepted as a legitimate form of "free labor." It was also consolidated in a material sense, as thousands of new workers bolstered sugar production. This dissertation explains how these transformations occurred. In the process, it argues that new ideas about race and political economy displaced older modes of antislavery thought, transforming perceptions of indenture and emancipation. Linking ideological and structural change, it further argues that shifting local and global economic dynamics helped legitimize indenture. In short, the dissertation illuminates the peculiar ideological, legal, and economic conditions that shaped the category of "free labor" in the era emancipation.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2017 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Connolly, Jonathan Stern, Mr | |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of History. | |
| Primary advisor | Satia, Priya | |
| Thesis advisor | Satia, Priya | |
| Thesis advisor | Daughton, J. P. (James Patrick) | |
| Thesis advisor | Roberts, Richard L, 1949- | |
| Advisor | Daughton, J. P. (James Patrick) | |
| Advisor | Roberts, Richard L, 1949- |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Jonathan Stern Connolly. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of History. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2017. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2017 by Jonathan Stern Connolly
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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