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Slave trading and slave resistance in the Indian Ocean world: the case of early eighteenth-century Bengal

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Chakraborty, T
Published in: Slavery and Abolition
October 2, 2019

This article examines slave trading and slave resistance in the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and the English East India Company (EIC) settlements in early eighteenth-century Bengal. VOC and EIC officials exported slaves from Bengal, but also imported slaves from all over the Indian Ocean littoral. The various acts of resistance by settlement slaves show that these slaves utilized their cultural backgrounds as well as their knowledge of diverse cultural and political milieus of early eighteenth-century Bengal in creating a cosmopolitan culture of resistance. These dynamics of slave trading and resistance place Bengal within a trans-regional, Indian Ocean network of slavery.

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Slavery and Abolition

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1743-9523

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0144-039X

Publication Date

October 2, 2019

Volume

40

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4

Start / End Page

706 / 726

Related Subject Headings

  • 4303 Historical studies
  • 2103 Historical Studies
 

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Chakraborty, T. (2019). Slave trading and slave resistance in the Indian Ocean world: the case of early eighteenth-century Bengal. Slavery and Abolition, 40(4), 706–726. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144039X.2019.1606525
Chakraborty, T. “Slave trading and slave resistance in the Indian Ocean world: the case of early eighteenth-century Bengal.” Slavery and Abolition 40, no. 4 (October 2, 2019): 706–26. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144039X.2019.1606525.
Chakraborty, T. “Slave trading and slave resistance in the Indian Ocean world: the case of early eighteenth-century Bengal.” Slavery and Abolition, vol. 40, no. 4, Oct. 2019, pp. 706–26. Scopus, doi:10.1080/0144039X.2019.1606525.

Published In

Slavery and Abolition

DOI

EISSN

1743-9523

ISSN

0144-039X

Publication Date

October 2, 2019

Volume

40

Issue

4

Start / End Page

706 / 726

Related Subject Headings

  • 4303 Historical studies
  • 2103 Historical Studies