Pakeha Slaves, Māori Masters

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In Pakeha Slaves, Māori Masters, Trevor Bentley examines in depth the previously overlooked enslavement of many of the first white settlers, as well as some of the colonists who arrived following the Treaty of Waitangi.

The main focus is the Europeans who lived and sometimes died as slaves in tribal New Zealand between the 1790s and 1880s. It examines when, where, why and how Māori obtained these slaves and the types of Europeans seized.

Pakeha Slaves, Māori Masters explores the diverse slave roles performed by white slaves, their sale prices and the immediate and long term physical and psychological effects of their servitude. A fascinating and revealing story, for both historians and a broad readership.