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Slide1
The Opium Wars
British Colonialism in China,
1800-1900
(originally created by
Gordon
Grisé
and edited by Mike Farley)Slide2
Opium in China – Video Overview (4 min)
http
://
www.history.com/shows/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us/videos/opium-in-china
The widespread use of opium in China yielded high profits for British exporters while crippling the Chinese economy, ultimately erupting into the Opium War (1839).Slide3
“here was the secret of happiness, about which philosophers had disputed for so many ages, at once discovered; happiness might now be bought for a penny, and carried in the waistcoat-pocket; portable ecstasies might be had corked up in a pint-bottle; and peace of mind could be sent down by the mail.”
- Thomas de Quincy,
Confessions of an English Opium Eater, 1821.Slide4
Opium Wars - TimelineSlide5
1729 (Opium declared illegal in China)Slide6
1799 (Another attempt at prohibition)Slide7
Opium shipping routesSlide8
1838 (Lin
Zexu
intervenes)Slide9
“I have heard that the areas under your direct jurisdiction such as London, Scotland, and Ireland do not produce opium; it is produced instead in your Indian possessions such as Bengal, Madras, Bombay, Patna, and Malwa
. As months accumulate and years pass by, the poison they have produced increases in its wicked intensity, and its repugnant odor reaches as high as the sky. Heaven is furious with anger, and all the gods are moaning with pain!”
- Lin
Zexu
,
Letter to Queen Victoria
, 1839Slide10
1839-1842 (First Opium War)Slide11
1839-1842 (First Opium War British ships)Slide12
“The fire ship is of a war ship’s make. Through its iron case it is strong and firm.
Its body is colored all round with black. On each of its sides it has
fixed
a
wheel. Which
is moved by the use of burning coal. And turns around like a galloping
horse. From
head to sail it is girt with guns. Its shape and fashion astonish
mankind.”
-
William Alexander,
The costume of
ChinaSlide13
1840 (HMS Nemesis in action)Slide14
1842 (Treaty of Nanking)Slide15
1856-1860 (Second Opium War)Slide16
1857 (quashing of Indian rebellion)Slide17
1860 (Convention of Peking)Slide18
“Many Chinese came to North America under terms of debt bondage. [They] repaid the debt in monthly installments including interest calculated at the rates equivalent to 50 to 100 percent a year. In Canada the employer deducted it from wages, preventing the laborer from leaving his employ until the debt and accumulated interest charges were paid
.”
-
Adas
et al.,
Indentured labor in the age of imperialism
, 1993