Slave in a Palanquin: Colonial Servitude and Resistance in Sri Lanka

Slave in a Palanquin: Colonial Servitude and Resistance in Sri Lanka

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Author/Contributor(s): Wickramasinghe, Nira
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date: 11/17/2020
Binding: Paperback
Condition: NEW
Nira Wickramasinghe uncovers the traces of slavery in the history and memory of the Indian Ocean world, exploring moments of revolt in the lives of enslaved people in Sri Lanka in the wake of abolition. Slave in a Palanquin offers a vital new portrait of the local and transnational worlds of the colonial-era Asian slave trade in the Indian Ocean.