The company's island St Helena, company colonies and the colonial endeavour - Royle, Stephen A., (Stephen Arthur) (I.B. Tauris, 2007)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-218) and index
Trading companies and the colonial endeavor -- 'The Honourable English East India Company Doe Take Possession of the Island and with Drum and Trumpett Proclaim the Same': St Helena and the East India Company -- 'Carry Free Planters to St Helena (If Any are Willing to Go)': Peopling the Company Colony -- 'Uncivil Actions, Attempting to Breach Her Chastity and Being Guilty of Horrible Swearing': Law and Morality on St Helena -- 'You May Kiss There': Gender Relations on St Helena -- 'Ye Assistance and Labour of Negoes': Slavery on St Helena -- 'Tending Even to Sedition': Resistance, Riot and Rebellion -- 'I Bestowed a Broadside on Them': Defence and the Imperial Imperative -- 'The Duties and Obligations Inherent in the Exercise of Sovereignty Cannot Be Borne By a Private Company': The Failure of Company Colonies -- 'Exhortation, Admonition or Reproof': Sources for the Study of Early St Helena -- St Helena Timetable -- Tables