Defining Slavery in Cochin, Social Backgrounds, Tradition and Law in the Making of Slaafbaarheid in Eighteenth-Century Dutch Cochin

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Geelen (2018)

Defining Slavery in Cochin, Social Backgrounds, Tradition and Law in the Making of Slaafbaarheid in Eighteenth-Century Dutch Cochin

Research master thesis | History (research) (MA)

This thesis defines slavery in eighteenth-century Cochin. By relying on courtcases and acts of transport, this thesis shows how slavery in eighteenth-century Cochin is connected with caste, VOC-law and categorization, and local power structures.

Author: Geelen

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation: Colonial and Global History

Supervisors: Gommans, J.J.L.

ECTS Credits: 40

Language: en

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