Title Protecting the empire's humanity : Thomas Hodgkin and British colonial activism 1830-1870 / Zoë Laidlaw, University of Melbourne

Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2021 ©2021

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 374 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Critical perspectives on empire Critical perspectives on empire. Contents Introduction -- Part I. Mapping humanitarianism. Indigenous protection at the humanitarian apogee -- Metropolitan contexts : Thomas Hodgkin, science and medicine -- Anti-slavery, colonization and emigration : 'civilizing' West Africa -- Free trade versus free labour : British India and the West Indies -- Part II. Humanitarianism and settler colonialism. Making colonization civilizing : the Aborigines' Protection Society -- Dealing with the devil : systematic colonization in Australasia -- Conscripts of civilization : North American networks -- Betrayal in the borderlands : Lesotho and New Zealand -- Conclusion Summary "Rooted in the extraordinary archive of Quaker physician and humanitarian activist, Dr Thomas Hodgkin, this book explores the efforts of the Aborigines' Protection Society to expose Britain's hypocrisy and imperial crimes in the mid-nineteenth century. Hodgkin's correspondents stretched from Liberia to Lesotho, New Zealand to Texas, Jamaica to Ontario, and Bombay to South Australia; they included scientists, philanthropists, missionaries, systematic colonizers, politicians and indigenous peoples themselves. Debating the best way to protect and advance indigenous rights in an era of burgeoning settler colonialism, they looked back to the lessons and limitations of anti-slavery, lamented the imperial government's disavowal of responsibility for settler colonies, and laid out elaborate (and patronizing) plans for indigenous 'civilization'. Protecting the Empire's Humanity reminds us of the complexity, contradictions and capacious nature of British colonialism and metropolitan 'humanitarianism', illuminating the broad canvas of empire through a distinctive set of British and Indigenous campaigners"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 27, 2021) Subject Hodgkin, Thomas, 1798-1866 -- Influence Hodgkin, Thomas, 1798-1866 -- Political and social views SUBJECT Hodgkin, Thomas, 1798-1866 fast Subject Aborigines Protection Society (Great Britain) -- History SUBJECT Aborigines Protection Society (Great Britain) fast Subject Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History -- 19th century Indigenous peoples -- Social conditions. Colonization -- Social aspects -- History -- 19th century HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General. British colonies Colonies -- Administration Colonization -- Social aspects Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc. Indigenous peoples -- Social conditions Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Political and social views SUBJECT Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056823 Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration -- History -- 19th century Subject Great Britain Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2021024681 ISBN 9781108164658 110816465X 9781108174053 1108174051

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