Pakeha Slaves, Maori Masters
The Forgotten Story of New Zealand's White Slaves
$33.06
- Paperback
- Release Date
11 January 2024
Summary
While people are aware of the atrocities of the black slave trade, few are aware of the enslavement and trafficking of Europeans in 19th-century New Zealand. Hierarchical and assertive Maori tribal societies considered all Pakeha (non-Maori, mainly Europeans) living within their power and under their protection as chattel slaves (personal property) or demi-slaves (tributary vassals). For Maori, the sailors, convicts, missionaries, traders, whalers and sawyers who were captured or welcomed wer…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780473700874 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0473700875 |
| Author: | Trevor Bentley |
| Publisher: | Kereru Books |
| Imprint: | Kereru Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 11 January 2024 |
| Weight: | 586g |
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Trevor Bentley
Trevor Bentley researches, writes, and teaches about 19th-century New Zealand social, maritime, and military history. His primary focus is the Pakeha who entered Maori tribal societies as voluntary and involuntary culture-crossers. Dr. Bentley has authored eight books set in this era. A long-term member of the New Zealand Military Historical Society, he lives in Tauranga with his wife, Helen.
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