Colonising the penal body: transit of the convicts from Bengal to the Malay Peninsula
Purpose – The British East India Company (EIC) made connections between the Malay Archipelago and Bengal and established a penal settlement at Bencoolen, followed by the Straits Settlements for the Indian convicts. The convicts from different parts of South Asia today were generally described as “In...
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Emerald Publishing
2023-07-01
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| Series: | Southeast Asia |
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| Online Access: | https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/SEAMJ-02-2023-0017/full/pdf |