Politics of Colonial Sensation: The Trial of Thomas Picton and the Cause of Louisa Calderon

Epstein revisits the brief sensation caused by the trial of Thomas Picton, who was the first British governor of Trinidad, for ordering the torture of Louisa Calderon, a free mulatto girl.

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British culture
British Empire
Calderon, Louisa
Caribbean studies
Centre-periphery relations
Colonial government
Colonial history
Colonialism
Colonies & territories
Fear
Girls
Governors
Injustice
Juries
Litigation
Multiracial people
Picton, Thomas
Politics
Radicalism
Scandals
Slaves
Soldiers
Torture
Trials
Trinidad and Tobago
United Kingdom
War
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