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George Thomas Keppel, Earl of Albemarle's Speech on Torture in the Madras Presidency is a powerful indictment of the British colonial system. In this speech, Keppel exposes the inhuman treatment of indigenous people by colonial officials and argues for reform. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of British colonialism and social justice. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Based on the diaries of Henry Herbert Molyneux, fourth Earl of Carnarvon, this book sheds new light on Conservative politics in the second half of the nineteenth century. Few political diaries of this scale and significance have survived and they reveal him to be a shrewd observer of events.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.