Racist Regimes, Forced Labour and Death

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This book compares the systems of exploitative race relations associated with two racist regimes – slavery in the British colonial Caribbean and forced labour in the Holocaust in Germany and the Nazi-occupied lands in Europe. Although each system was introduced by expansionist European powers, through racist enslavement, transportation, dehumanisation and the destruction of human life, the construction and operation of sugar plantations by African and Creole slave labour for the export of tropical products in the period 1650 to 1838 was different from the mass murder of Jewish and Gypsy civilians with the intention of creating a forced-labour regime and colonial-style ethnic cleansing during the Second World War.
Though differentiated in time and place, the four principal common denominators that make feasible the detailed comparison of British Caribbean slavery and the Holocaust in Europe are racism, colonialism/occupation, slavery/forced labour, and death. Juxtaposition of these two companion studies will reveal comparisons and contrasts previously unexplored in the field of race relations under colonialism and the Holocaust. 
The book will be of interest to scholars and students of the social sciences and history, particularly those with an engagement with slavery and forced labour, the sociology of race and racism, and Holocaust studies.   
Colin Clarke is Emeritus Professor of Geography at Oxford University, UK and an Emeritus Fellow of Jesus College; from 1998 to 2001 he was Head of Oxford University’s School of Geography and the Environment.

This book compares the systems of exploitative race relations associated with two racist regimes – slavery in the British colonial Caribbean and forced labour in the Holocaust in Germany and the Nazi-occupied lands in Europe. Although each system was introduced by expansionist European powers, through racist enslavement, transportation, dehumanisation and the destruction of human life, the construction and operation of sugar plantations by African and Creole slave labour for the export of tropical products in the period 1650 to 1838 was different from the mass murder of Jewish and Gypsy civilians with the intention of creating a forced-labour regime and colonial-style ethnic cleansing during the Second World War.
Though differentiated in time and place, the four principal common denominators that make feasible the detailed comparison of British Caribbean slavery and the Holocaust in Europe are racism, colonialism/occupation, slavery/forced labour, and death. Juxtaposition of these two companion studies will reveal comparisons and contrasts previously unexplored in the field of race relations under colonialism and the Holocaust. 
The book will be of interest to scholars and students of the social sciences and history, particularly those with an engagement with slavery and forced labour, the sociology of race and racism, and Holocaust studies. 

Deals with colonial slavery and the Holocaust in equal detail Explains the socio-legal implications of differential incorporation relating to multi-racial and multi-cultural empires Discusses these events in terms of crimes against humanity and genocide

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Colin Clarke

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“Racist Regimes, Forced Labor and Death is an important work that breaks new ground in the comparative study of the history of slavery and the Holocaust. With a structured approach and in-depth research, Colin Clarke presents a fresh, albeit sometimes intellectually challenging, perspective. This book is highly recommended for those interested in the history of slavery, the Holocaust, and racial dynamics in colonial and totalitarian regimes.” (Muhammad Hendi Hidayat Romadhoni, Jecelyn Amanda Dethan and Agnes Levina Sesa, Journal of Human Trafficking, November 13, 2024)

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