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Del 26 i serien Liverpool Studies in International Slavery

Infernal Tambopata

British Slavery in Twentieth-Century Peru and Bolivia

Av Nic Madge

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Ebook available to libraries exclusively as part of the JSTOR Path to Open initiative.The Infernal Tambopata tells the story of a British-owned rubber company on the Peruvian–Bolivian frontier in the early twentieth century that, despite abolition decades earlier, systematically enslaved indigenous people.Drawing on extensive unpublished company records, diplomatic correspondence and contemporary eyewitness accounts, it reconstructs how the Tambopata Rubber Syndicate recruited, confined and exploited its workforce under conditions of extreme violence, deprivation and coercion.The book challenges persistent narratives that portray the “Rubber Boom” as socially benign, and reconsiders long-standing assumptions about British opposition to slavery. It reveals how British capital, commercial interests and diplomacy were all implicated in the creation and maintenance of brutally coercive labour regimes.Combining meticulous archival research with a compelling narrative, The Infernal Tambopata recovers the lived experience of enslaved people and offers a powerful reappraisal of the human cost of the rubber industry. It also shows how forms of slavery persisted into the modern world, and why this history matters for understanding exploitation in today’s extractive industries.
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Nic Madge spent four decades at the heart of the English legal system as a human rights solicitor and Circuit Judge. He also wrote books, contributed to journals and gave lectures. In parallel, he researched social and economic history. The Infernal Tambopata reflects his skills and experience. It is the product of detailed research, careful analysis of evidence, clear writing and a commitment to justice and fairness. Nic Madge is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

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"The Infernal Tambopata represents a major point of departure in the historiography of the rubber industry in the South America. The quality of the research is exhaustive. Every paragraph is packed with evidence and detail, and every angle and avenue has been explored across a remarkable range of subject areas: legislative, juridical, financial, medical, botanical, ethnographic, linguistic... This is a study that cannot be ignored. It should inform political debates and popular discourses around historical human rights abuses, modern slavery, reparations, and restorative justice."Dr Jane-Marie Collins, University of Nottingham

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