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Legacies of British Slavery in Australia and New Zealand

Legacies of British Slavery in Australia and New Zealand

Laidlaw, Zoë
Lydon, Jane

Hardcover

Series: Studies in Imperialism, Book 222

Australia & OceaniaGeneral Political ScienceGeneral Racism & Ethnic Studies

ISBN10: 1526184818
ISBN13: 9781526184818
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: Mar 31 2026
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.38
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
This book investigates the legacies of British slavery beyond Britain, focusing upon the colonisation of Australia and New Zealand, and explores why this history has been overlooked. After August 1833, when the British Parliament abolished slavery in the British Caribbean, Mauritius and the Cape, the former slave-owners were paid compensation for the loss of their 'property'. New research has begun to show that many beneficiaries had ties to other parts of the British Empire, including the settler colonies of Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa. Through a range of case studies, contributors to this collection trace the movement of people, goods, capital, and practices from the Caribbean to the new Australasian settler colonies. Chapters consider a range of places, people and themes to reveal the varied ways that slavery continued to shape imperial relationships, economic networks, and racial labour regimes after 1833.

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