From Bengal to the Cape Bengali Slaves in South Africa from 17th to 19th Century

Name: From Bengal to the Cape Bengali Slaves in South Africa from 17th to 19th Century
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ISBN: 9781479773251

ISBN-10: 1479773255

ISBN-13: 9781479773251

Edition: 2013

Authors: Ansu Datta

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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.Few are aware of this export trade principally from Bengal, the Coromandel…

Book details

List price: $28.03
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation LLC
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 180
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English