02031cam a2200277 a 4500 110810s2012 enka b 001 0 eng 9781107003309 9780521176774 SDU HN246.A8 E64 S 2012 Epstein, James. 210787 Scandal of colonial rule : power and subversion in the British Atlantic during the age of revolution / James Epstein. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012. 289 p. : ill. Critical perspectives on empire HKBU Library "In 1806 General Thomas Picton, Britain's first governor of Trinidad, was brought to trial for the torture of a free mulatto named Louisa Calderon and for overseeing a regime of terror over the island's slave population. James Epstein offers a fascinating account of the unfolding of this colonial drama. He shows the ways in which the trial and its investigation brought empire 'home' and exposed the disjuncture between a national self-image of humane governance and the brutal realities of colonial rule. He uses the trial to open up a range of issues, including colonial violence and norms of justice, the status of the British subject, imperial careering, visions of development after slavery, slave conspiracy and the colonial archive. He reveals how Britain's imperial regime became more authoritarian, hierarchical and militarised but also how unease about abuses of power and of the rights of colonial subjects began to grow"-- Picton, Thomas, Sir, 1758-1815 Trials, litigation, etc. 210788 Criminal justice, Administration of Trinidad History 19th century. 210789 Slavery Trinidad History 19th century. 210790 HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain. 210791 Trinidad Social conditions 19th century. 210792 Great Britain Colonies History 19th century. 19662 = C.1 SDU GBE lcc 109347 109347 0 0 lcc 0 HN0246 A8 E64 S2012 0 CGB 283899 SDU SDU GEN3 2025-10-03 2 HN246.A8 E64 S 2012 1000360509 2025-10-03 00:00:00 C.1 2025-10-03 GBE