Both British and Egyptian nationalists framed guardianship of Sudan as paternalistic custody over slaves

Evidence

Each side fought over these tired women in ragged clothing with the same ideologies and slogans with which they fought over the Sudan itself. All participants in the trial, from the British officials to the reporters and editors of the nationalist press, seemed aware that only the proper custodian of these women could fly his flag over the reconquered Sudan. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 693

Categorization

• DEFINE: Shows how colonial custody logic over women mapped onto the protectorate idea of guardianship over Sudan.
• XREF: connects to: Egyptian nationalists framed slavery as an Egyptian-Sudanese matter excluding the British — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 690; Egyptian nationalists treated slavery as Egypt’s internal matter with Sudan; Slavery’s legacy underpinned Egyptian nationalist discourse about the Sudan — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 1062 (+8 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Egyptian nationalists framed slavery as an Egyptian-Sudanese matter excluding the British — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 690; Egyptian nationalists treated slavery as Egypt’s internal matter with Sudan; Slavery’s legacy underpinned Egyptian nationalist discourse about the Sudan — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 1062 (+8 more)