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ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS: COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM Volume 5 BRITISH COLONIAL POLICY IN THE AGE OF PEEL AND RUSSELL BRITISH COLONIAL POLICY IN THE AGE OF PEEL AND RUSSELL W. P. MORRELL First published in 1930 by Frank Cass & Co. This edition first published in 2023 by Routledge 4 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 1930 Frank Cass & Co. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN: 978-1-032-41054-8 (Set) ISBN: 978-1-032-45716-1 (Volume 5) (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-032-45723-9 (Volume 5) (pbk) ISBN: 978-1-003-37837-2 (Volume 5) (ebk) DOI: 10.4324/9781003378372 Publisher’s Note The publisher has gone to great lengths to ensure the quality of this reprint but points out that some imperfections in the original copies may be apparent. Disclaimer The publisher has made every effort to trace copyright holders and would welcome correspondence from those they have been unable to trace. BRITISH COLONIAL POLICY IN THE AGE OF PEEL AND RUSSELL W. P. MORRELL O Routledge |^^ Taylor & Francis Group LONDON AND NEW YORK First published by Frank Cass & Co First Edition 1930 New Impression 1966 Published 2005 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. ISBN 13: 978-0-7146-1504-2 (hbk) TO E. S. G. P. PREFACE ^T^HE twelve years with which this book is concerned have JL already received attention in detail in the histories of the different colonies, in monographs on various aspects of colonial history or policy," and in biographies of notable men. There is, however, so far as I am aware, no modern work which attempts to give a general view of British colonial administration during the Ministries of Sir Robert Peel and Lord John Russell; for the biographies which might be expected to give one—those, namely, of Lord Stanley (after- wards Earl of Derby and Prime Minister of England), who was Colonial Secretary from 1841 to 1845, and of Earl Grey, Colonial Secretary from 1846 to 1852—have never been written. Yet during those years the new ideas which in the thirties had been regarded as startling innovations won general acceptance and colonial policy was revolutionized. The aim of this book is to contribute something to the knowledge of that revolution, and of the ideas and policies of the men who played the leading parts in it. The most important source has been the official correspon- dence between the Secretaries of State and the Governors of Colonies: some of this was printed in the Parliamentary Papers of the day, but much remained unprinted and must be studied in the CO Series at the Public Record Office. Among the colonies I have confined myself for the most part to those which seemed most important at the time—the North American, Australasian, and South African groups, Jamaica, Trinidad, British Guiana, and Ceylon. I have not entirely neglected the others, but some degree of concentra- tion of interest seemed to me essential. In some cases the ground has already been worked over. In particular, the researches of Professors J. L. Morison, Chester Martin, and W. P. M. Kennedy have illuminated the Canadian field so thoroughly that it is vain for a new worker to hope that he will be able from this distance to throw much fresh light upon it. The most that can be looked for is a certain differ- ence in the point of view. Elsewhere—notably in the case of the West Indies—much of the material has, I think, been used for the first time.
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