Legacies of British slavery in Australia and New Zealand
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First Nations
free labour
George Fife Angas
Historical legacies
imperial families
imperial networks
Indigenous peoples
labour regime
Labour regimes
Lachlan Macquarie
Legacies of slavery
legacy of slavery
Pacific Islanders
pastoralism
race
racial hierarchy
racialisation
settler colonialism
slave money
slave ownership
Slavery
Slavery and Australia
Slavery and capitalism
slavery compensation
sugar plantations
Swan River colony
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- ISBN 9781526184818
- Weight: 626g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 31 Mar 2026
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book investigates the legacies of British slavery beyond Britain, focusing upon the colonisation of Australia and New Zealand, and explores why this history has been overlooked. After August 1833, when the British Parliament abolished slavery in the British Caribbean, Mauritius and the Cape, the former slave-owners were paid compensation for the loss of their ‘property’. New research has begun to show that many beneficiaries had ties to other parts of the British Empire, including the settler colonies of Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa. Through a range of case studies, contributors to this collection trace the movement of people, goods, capital, and practices from the Caribbean to the new Australasian settler colonies. Chapters consider a range of places, people and themes to reveal the varied ways that slavery continued to shape imperial relationships, economic networks, and racial labour regimes after 1833.
Zoë Laidlaw is Professor of History at the University of Melbourne.
Jane Lydon is Professor of History at the University of Western Australia.
