Title Scandal of Colonial Rule : Power and Subversion in the British Atlantic during the Age of Revolution

Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (316 pages) Series Critical Perspectives on Empire Critical perspectives on empire. Contents Cover; Scandal of Colonial Rule; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations and maps; Acknowledgments; Cast of characters; Abbreviations; Manuscript collections; Public Record Office, National Archives, London; Contemporary newspapers and journals; Academic journals; Printed and on-line sources; Maps; Introduction; 1: Politics of colonial sensation; In King's Bench; Louisa's cause; Limits; 2: A gentleman's way in the world; Cosmopolitan; An affair of honor; Colonial war; Writing India; Imperial (in)justice; Improvement and reform; State service 3: "Only answerable to God and conscience": justice unbounded by lawPicton's arrival; Frontier society; Personal rule; Modes of violence; An ill-used British subject:; Rights of Englishmen; 4: Ruling narratives; Verified narratives; Domestic (dis- )order; 5: The radical underworld goes colonial; Before Trinidad; Surveillance and subversion; Captivity; The labyrinth of guilty fascination; Race and colonial settlement; A ghostwriter's progress; 6: In search of free labor; "A guiltless, bloodless colony"; "Free" settlers all; Turning East; Conclusion; 7: Conspiracy in the archive; Prelude The Christmas conspiracyArchival violence; An element of doubt; Poison; Implications; Epilogue: Moving on; End games; Trinidad: subjects and slaves; Index Summary A dramatic and innovative history of the British public's confrontation with the iniquities of nineteenth-century colonial rule Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Picton, Thomas, Sir, 1758-1815 -- Trials, litigation, etc SUBJECT Picton, Thomas, Sir, 1758-1815 fast Subject Criminal justice, Administration of -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Trinidad -- History -- 19th century Slavery -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Trinidad -- History -- 19th century HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain. British colonies Criminal justice, Administration of Slavery Social conditions Kolonialismus Sklaverei SUBJECT Trinidad -- Social conditions -- 19th century Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century Subject Trinidad and Tobago -- Trinidad Anglophone Karibik Genre/Form History Trials, litigation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781139338394 1139338390 9780511760204 0511760205 9781139336659 1139336657 1139339974 9781139339971 1139334158 9781139334150 1107226880 9781107226883 1280393556 9781280393556 1139337521 9781139337526 9786613571472 6613571474 1139341553 9781139341554

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