Conciliation, Compulsion, Conversion: British Attitudes Towards Indigenous Peoples, 1763-1814Rodopi, 2004 - 318 pages This work is an examination of British imperial policy and attitudes towards the original inhabitants in the American colonies, New South Wales and the Cape colony of South Africa. A comparative study of the formative phase in this area of policy, it covers the period between the mid-eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, examining and comparing the development of policy in each of the three geographical regions and tracing the legal and intellectual context within which this policy took shape. It suggests an important shift of attitude towards indigenous peoples in the course of the period covered - a change that had a major impact on political perceptions and policy formation. |
Contents
Colonial and Administrative Background | 1 |
North America c 176083 | 29 |
New South Wales c 178498 73 | 98 |
The Cape of Good Hope c 17951814 | 121 |
The Legal View | 181 |
Intellectual Developments | 235 |
Conclusion | 289 |
Appendix | 295 |
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Aboriginal Title acquired Alvord American Indian attempt Australia Bathurst Board of Trade Botany Bay Britain British government Cape Colony cession Christian civil claim colonial government Colonial Office colonists conquest convicts Cradock despatch discussion Dundas early Eastern Cape eighteenth century Empire Endeavour English established European example favour Francis Dundas French Frost further Glenelg governor groups Henry Dundas Hillsborough History human idea imperial indigenous influence instructions issue J.C. Beaglehole John Khoikhoi Khoisan land law of nations letter London Lord Mankind missionary Natives nature North America Northern Cape O'Callaghan & Fernow official attitudes original inhabitants Oxford Phillip possession Proclamation Records of Australia reference regarded relations Savage Secretary settlement settlers Shelburne situation Society Sosin South Africa South Wales sovereignty Spanish suggested Sydney terra nullius territory Theal tion treaties uninhabited Valley in British Vattel Vitoria Voyage William Xhosa York Colonial Documents