Slavery and the slave trade as international issues 1890–1939

Miers, Suzanne

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“…However, we have no data on the extent of this practice or its geographical variation. The absence of the necessary records reflects British government obfuscation of this matter at the time, in an attempt to claim formal compliance with international agreements, such as the 1926 Convention on Slavery, without disrupting existing practices (Miers 1998).…”

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How Africans Shaped British Colonial Institutions: Evidence from Local Taxation

Bolt¹,

Gardner²

2020

J. Econ. Hist.

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The institutions that governed most of the rural population in British colonial Africa have been neglected in the literature on colonialism. We use new data on local governments, or “Native Authorities,” to present the first quantitative comparison of African institutions under indirect rule in four colonies in 1948: Nigeria, the Gold Coast, Nyasaland, and Kenya. Tax data show that Native Authorities’ capacity varied within and between colonies, due to both underlying economic inequalities and African elites’ relations with the colonial government. Our findings suggest that Africans had a bigger hand in shaping British colonial institutions than often acknowledged.

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How Africans Shaped British Colonial Institutions: Evidence from Local Taxation

Bolt¹,

Gardner²

2020

J. Econ. Hist.

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“…79 The ILO representative Harold Grimshaw had served on this commission, and had sought to draw these matters into the ambit of the ILO rather than the League. 80 This was not achieved until 1930, when the first Forced Labour Convention was signed, albeit not by India. The proceedings of the Congress show that the participants' concern lay with the fact that India was unable to sign such conventions, not with the actual issues that these conventions addressed.…”

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Bringing Asia to the world: Indian trade unionism and the long road towards the Asiatic Labour Congress, 1919–37

Stolte

2012

Journal of Global History

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This article considers Asianism in the Indian trade union movement, against the backdrop of increasing international cooperation between Asian trade union movements in the interwar period, which culminated in the short-lived Asiatic Labour Congress (1934–37). It demonstrates how Asianist enthusiasm both propelled and hampered Indian workers’ representation at the International Labour Organization and other international bodies. Finally, it considers Asianism as a crucial characteristic of Indian trade unionism in the interwar period, by showing how the All-India Trade Union Congress, once the hope of Indian labour as an organized force, split into rival federations over the issue of its Asian affiliations.

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“…Meirs, ‘Slavery and the Slave Trade’. See also Chaudron, New Zealand in the League of Nations : 107 ff.…”

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The Italo‐Abyssinian Crisis and Australian Settler Colonialism in 1935

Paisley

2017

History Compass

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By exploring the themes of settler colonialism and modernity in Australian commentary about Italy's invasion of Abyssinia in 1935, this paper sets out to consider Italy's war in north Africa as an international crisis with significance for Australian progressive narratives about Aboriginal conditions, status and rights important to Australia's international reputation. Thus, Australia's role as a member of the League and a mandatory power will be read in the context of international debate about Italy, modernity, race and violence. My case study draws from the experiences of Bessie Rischbieth, alternate delegate for Australia to the League of Nations in 1935, who observed the Abyssinian protest being made before the Assembly. Rischbieth was seemingly persuaded by Italy's claims to the right to land and territory in the context of immigration restrictions into the United States (and we might add, in relation to Australia) and was provided evidence of slavery in Abyssinia mobilised by Italy and earlier by the Anti‐Slavery Society in London in defence of the civilising influence of Europe upon a fellow (non‐European) member of the League. However, Rischbieth was also an activist within liberal humanitarian networks critical of Aboriginal policy in Australia in this same era. Her responses to the crisis in African and League affairs offer some insight into the proximities between settler colonialism in Australia and the ‘race’ issues raised by the annexation of Abyssinia by Italy, and its implications for collective security and global governance.

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Slavery and the slave trade as international issues 1890–1939

Cited by 33 publications

References 9 publications

How Africans Shaped British Colonial Institutions: Evidence from Local Taxation

How Africans Shaped British Colonial Institutions: Evidence from Local Taxation

Bringing Asia to the world: Indian trade unionism and the long road towards the Asiatic Labour Congress, 1919–37

The Italo‐Abyssinian Crisis and Australian Settler Colonialism in 1935

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