Synopsis
The Suttees' Cry to Britain, Containing Extracts from Essays Published in India (English Edition) is a compelling historical work by James Peggs that confronts one of the most debated moral and humanitarian issues of the British Empire in India: the practice of suttee (sati). Drawing together extracts from essays originally published in India, Peggs presents a forceful appeal to British conscience and responsibility, urging readers to consider the human cost behind policy, tradition, and imperial governance.
Written in the urgent, persuasive style of reform literature, the book offers a window into the arguments, evidence, and testimonies circulated in the period, revealing how missionaries, observers, and Indian sources were invoked to describe the realities of the custom and its consequences. Peggs’ compilation frames these materials as a direct “cry” to Britain—an attempt to move public opinion and prompt action through documented accounts and moral reasoning rather than detached abstraction.
For modern readers, this volume stands as both a product of its time and a significant primary-source perspective on colonial-era reform movements, the rhetoric of abolition and intervention, and the contested intersections of culture, religion, law, and power. The Suttees' Cry to Britain, Containing Extracts from Essays Published in India remains an important text for those interested in South Asian history, British imperial debate, humanitarian campaigns, and the historical record surrounding sati and its abolition.
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Présentation de l'éditeur
The Suttees' Cry to Britain, Containing Extracts from Essays Published in India by James Peggs. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1827 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.
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