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020 _a9781479773251 (softcover)
020 _a9781479773268 (hardcover)
020 _a9781479773275 (eBook)
040 _aBD-DhAAL
_cBD-DhAAL
082 _a306.362
_223
100 _aDatta, Ansu,
_d1928-
_959755
245 _aFrom Bengal to the Cape :
_bBengali slaves in South Africa from 17th to 19th century /
_cAnsu Datta.
260 _a[United States?] :
_bXlibris Corporation,
_c2013.
300 _a178 pages :
_billustrations, maps, portraits ;
_c23 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _aIntroduction -- Export of Bengali slaves to the Cape -- Early beginning -- Bengali slaves? Who were they? -- Bengali slave owners -- Slave trade modalities -- Preferences for slaves -- Demographic profile -- Conditions in which Bengali slaves lived and worked -- Common slave culture? -- Protest, resistance, and revolt -- Incorporation of Bengali slaves into mainstream Cape society -- Malays vs. Indians as the core Coloured group -- Conclusion -- Sources -- End notes -- Appendices.
520 _a"In From Bengal to the Cape, Professor Ansu Datta opens up a hitherto little researched topic of transoceanic slave trade between mainly southern Bengal and the Cape in the Republic of South Africa. This migration took place between roughly the 1650s and about the middle of the nineteenth century when the slave trade was finally abolished. The book offers a short account of the condition in which the Bengali slaves found themselves and in the Cape peninsular society following their dispersal during these early times. It highlights new social formations in the Cape society, especially among the Coloured in South Africa"--Back cover.
526 _aENH
650 _aSlavery
_zSouth Africa
_zCape of Good Hope.
_959756
650 _aEnslaved persons
_zIndia
_zBengal
_xHistory.
_959757
650 _aEnslaved persons
_zSouth Africa
_zCape of Good Hope
_vBiography.
_959758
651 _aBengal (India).
_xHistory.
651 _aCape of Good Hope (South Africa)
_xHistory.
_959759
852 _aAyesha Abed Library
_cGeneral Stacks
942 _cBK
_2ddc
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_d47613