Tokelau 1852 Exodus
2004; Routledge; Volume: 39; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/00223340410001684831
ISSN1469-9605
Autores Tópico(s)Island Studies and Pacific Affairs
ResumoFive‐hundred people were forcibly removed from the Tokelau atoll of Fakaofo in February 1852 and shipped to Uvea at the instigation of the Bishop for Central Oceania. How did this come about? Accounts of the event, from a Marist Father's first‐hand journal entries to recent Tokelau narratives, tell different stories. Together, they reveal a history of intrigue, a glimpse of what really happened and why, and an intriguing history of a story in which the ‘real’ event came to be elided. The virtual loss of this episode of Tokelau history — in both Marist and Tokelau accounts — can be partially traced and the reasons for its loss explained by considering later histories and changed attitudes and intentions.
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