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Colonial lives across british empire imperial careering long nineteenth century | British history after 1450

Colonial lives across british empire imperial careering long nineteenth century | British history after 1450
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1838: A Year In The Life Of The British Empire

1838: A year in the life of the British empire From central London, a huddle of harried clerks sent out an endless stream of dispatches that influenced the fate of the British empire. Alan Lester focuses on the year of 1838 to reveal how these city-bound bureaucrats managed to govern the world’s largest maritime empire Published: April 22, 2021 at 4:28 pm When James Stephen arrived at his desk on 1 January 1838, he was confronted by piles of dispatches from across the world. As the permanent under-secretary at the Colonial Office, which administered all 32 crown colonies that were controlled directly by the British government, Stephen spent every day “diligently… keeping back the flood of papers from deluging us”. He even warned his sister that “I shall soon become a mere bit of blotting paper myself!” Amid letters from imperial governors in Australia, southern Africa, Sierra Leone, Malta and Canada, Stephen faced – among other issues – the spectre o

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Protecting the Empire s Humanity

Protecting the Empire s Humanity Protecting the Empire s Humanity Protecting the Empire s Humanity Thomas Hodgkin and British Colonial Activism 1830–1870 Search within full text Publisher: Cambridge University Press Print publication year: 2021 Protecting the Empire s Humanity Who would you like to send this to Optional message Book description Rooted in the extraordinary archive of Quaker physician and humanitarian activist, Dr Thomas Hodgkin, this book explores the efforts of the Aborigines Protection Society to expose Britain s hypocrisy and imperial crimes in the mid-nineteenth century. Hodgkin s correspondents stretched from Liberia to Lesotho, New Zealand to Texas, Jamaica to Ontario, and Bombay to South Australia; they included scientists, philanthropists, missionaries, systematic colonizers, politicians and indigenous peoples themselves. Debating the best way to protect and advance indigenous rights in an era of burgeoning settler colonialism, they loo

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Ruling world freedom civilisation and liberalism nineteenth century british empire | British history after 1450

Ruling world freedom civilisation and liberalism nineteenth century british empire | British history after 1450
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Colonization and origins humanitarian governance protecting aborigines across nineteenth century british empire | Regional history after 1500

Colonization and origins humanitarian governance protecting aborigines across nineteenth century british empire | Regional history after 1500
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