ISBN:
9781775587859
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (457 pages)
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Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.3620993
Keywords:
Slavery-New Zealand-History
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Maori (New Zealand people)-Social life and customs-18th century
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Maori (New Zealand people)-Social life and customs-19th century
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Maori (New Zealand people)-Social life and customs-18th century
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Maori (New Zealand people)-Social life and customs-19th century
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Slavery-New Zealand-History
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Electronic books
Abstract:
ÃÂUs Maoris used to practise slavery just like them poor Negroes had to endure in Americaà.à.à.â says Beth Heke in Once Were Warriors. ÃÂOh those evil colonials who destroyed Maori culture by ending slavery and cannibalism while increasing the life expectancy,â wrote a sarcastic blogger recently. So was Maori slavery ÃÂjust likeâ the experience of Africans in the Americas and were British missionaries or colonial administrators responsible for ending the practice? What was the nature of freedom and unfreedom in Maori society and how did that intersect with British colonists and the anti-slavery movement? This book is the first history of Maori war captives. Drawing on Maori oral sources as well the records of colonists, Petrie analyses freedom and unfreedom in traditional Maori society; the role of economics and mana in shaping captivity; and how the arrival of colonists, trade and war transformed Maori society and the place of captives.
Abstract:
Cover -- Title page -- Imprint -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. By black and red together, the work is done -- 2. Tapu and mana: losing and regaining -- 3. The roles, status, and rightsof Māori war captives -- 4. The value of captives and theimpact of muskets -- 5. Dark Helens and aboriginal Messelinas -- 6. Taking British liberty and freedom to Māori -- 7. Plucking brands from the burning -- 8. Breaking the spiritual bonds -- 9. 'Offensive to the English in the nextdegree to man eating'? -- 10. Enslaved by the British? -- 11. The language of slavery -- APPENDIX: TERMS IN TE REO MĀORI -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Illustrations -- About the author.
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