Recruiting Africans to the British Regiments in Ceylon
Spillover Effects of Abolition in the Atlantic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9369487 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shihan De Silva Jayasuriya (0000-0003-3257-1935, Commonwealth Education Trust, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 15-31 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African and Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1569-2094 • E-ISSN: 1569-2108 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/156921011x558592 |
| OpenAlex | W2023227703 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
This paper focuses on the displacement of Africans, spurred by the tradition of recruiting soldiers to serve in both Asian and European armies. It considers the pressure to recruit Africans to the British regiments in Ceylon (called Sri Lanka since 1971) as documented in historical records in the National Archives and how this process was affected by Abolition in the Atlantic. It highlights the spillover effects, of abolishing the transatlantic slave trade, into other oceans
Ancient history · Asian studies · Ceylon · China · Development economics · Economic history · Economics · Geography · Political science · South asia · Spillover effect · Sri lanka · Colonial History and Postcolonial Studies · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2020 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |