Colonial emergency laws contradicted promises of equal legal protection for Indians.

Evidence

How, he asked, could such despotic powers co-exist with the Queen’s proclamation of 1858, which promised Indians the same protections as other British subjects, without regard to race or creed? — Julia Stephens, The Phantom Wahhabi, 86

Categorization

• XREF: Rhymes with the gap between imperial ideals and coercive practice seen in Things Fall Apart and Maps.