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Testimonies of enslavement : sources on slavery from the Indian Ocean world / Matthias van Rossum, Alexander Geelen, Bram van den Hout, and Merve Tosun.
LIBRA HT1246 .R67 2020
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rossum, Matthias van, 1984- author.
- Geelen, Alexander, author.
- Hout, Bram van den, author.
- Tusan, Merve, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slavery--India--Cochin--History.
- Slavery.
- Slavery--Indian Ocean--History.
- Slave trade--India--Cochin--History.
- Slave trade.
- Slave trade--Indian Ocean--History.
- History.
- Cochin (India)--History.
- Cochin (India).
- India--Cochin.
- Indian Ocean.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 320 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury Academic, [2020]
- Summary:
- Drawing on the rich archives of the Court of Justice of Cochin, a main settlement of the Dutch East India Company, this book presents ten court cases that deal with themes of enslavement and 'enslavebility'. Offering detailed insights into interrogations and testimonies, they paint a unique picture of the complex historical realities in which processes of enslavement and relations of slavery were shaped. Each original Dutch transcript is followed by an English translation, shedding light on the interactions between local systems of bondage and global systems of commodified slavery, and providing a new perspective on the global history of slavery. Analysing slavery in the Indian Ocean and South Asia, these case studies examine the dynamics of bondage, caste and social control, while offering a counterpoint to the traditional focus on Atlantic slavery.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. The abduction of Itti Commera
- 2. Searching for Kalie
- 3. The enslavement of Barrido
- 4. Falsification of a slave ola
- 5. Disputed status of Malickoema
- 6. Proof of enslavement
- 7. Calij's flight from bondage to conversion
- 8. Slave or free?
- 9. Retrieving abducted children
- 10. The value of `freedom'.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Electronic version: Rossum, Matthias van, 1984- Testimonies of enslavement.
- ISBN:
- 1350122351
- 9781350122352
- OCLC:
- 1111785669
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