Slavery in a Remote but Global Place: the British East India Company and Bencoolen, 1685-1825
Histories of the British East India Company usually ignore the company’s use of slave labor. Records from its factory at Bencoolen in Sumatra provide an opportunity to examine company attitudes and policies toward its chattel work force in greater detail. These sources reveal that the company drew...
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Hipatia Press
2018-06-01
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| Series: | Historia Social y de la Educación |
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| Online Access: | https://hipatiapress.com/hpjournals/index.php/hse/article/view/3374 |