British and Egyptian colonialists agreed that civilizing mission justified retraining slave women

Evidence

Although the British opponents and the Egyptian defenders of the slave-buying pashas were divided about the boundaries between Egypt and the Sudan, it is ironic that on this boundary of slave women they were in agreement: the civilizing mission would enable slave women to be trained differently and brought into a new, modern era. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 109 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: British colonialists and Egyptian nationalists agreed on the civilizing mission’s goal for slave women; Egyptian colonial rhetoric replicated British civilizing-mission justifications; Britain justified girls’ schooling in Egypt as civilizing progress (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• British and Egyptian elites agreed that domesticating slave women served the civilizing mission. #corroborates (0.95) — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 109
• British colonialists and Egyptian nationalists agreed on the civilizing mission’s goal for slave women #corroborates (0.85)
• Egyptian colonial rhetoric replicated British civilizing-mission justifications #expands (0.70)
• British officials used women’s education as justification for Egyptian colonial rule #exemplifies (0.60)
• Britain justified girls’ schooling in Egypt as civilizing progress #exemplifies (0.55)
• British officials doubted Egyptian nationalists were sincere about abolishing slavery #complicates (0.50)
• The 1877 Anglo-Egyptian treaty punished traders but not buyers of slaves #contradicts (0.40)