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The Quiet Slave single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 The Quiet Slave
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Notes

  • Author's note: In 1820, Alexander Hare, the owner of a household of slaves and an increasingly controversial figure among the British in the East Indies, abandoned his plantation on Java and sailed for Cape Town. After setting up a farm and working it for five years, he decided to return to the Indies. On the question of whether this was prompted by his being ostracised by Cape Town society for his behaviour and owning slaves, the records are unclear. However, it is well recorded that Hare was undecided as to his ship’s final destination, and this uncertainty led to a mutinous confrontation between him and the crew before their eventual landing at the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Griffith Review Looking West no. 47 2015 8322316 2015 periodical issue 2015 pg. 270-280

Works about this Work

Jennifer Mackenzie Reviews John Mateer Jennifer Mackenzie , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , October no. 55.1 2016;

— Review of The Quiet Slave John Mateer , 2015 single work short story
Jennifer Mackenzie Reviews John Mateer Jennifer Mackenzie , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , October no. 55.1 2016;

— Review of The Quiet Slave John Mateer , 2015 single work short story
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