JesusA (imported) wrote: Thu Jul 19, 2001 11:53 am Even Clive was deluded into writing to his wife, before he knew better: "It would be unfolding a Tale too horrible to repeat if I was to relate to You the horrid Cruelties & Barbarities inflicted upon an unfortunate People to whom the Nabob, in a great part, owes the Riches & Grandeur of his Province: no less than 120 People (the greatest part of them Gentlemen of Family & Distinction) being put to an ignominious Death in one Night & in such a Manner as was quite inconsistent with the Character of a Man of Courage or Humanity, such as I have always heard the Nabob represented to be, and for this Reason I believe it must have been done without his Knowledge."<p>In search of a scapegoat, Holwell fell upon Amichand, the Hindu tycoon of Calcutta, whom he had ordered arrested for collaboration with the Nevab. "The hard Treatment [mutiliation and abuse] I met with may truely be attributed in a great measure to his Suggestions & Insinuations... You know, Omychund can never forgive... It is well known He was the chief Instigator of the Massacre of the Black Hole."<p>Reports of Sirajuddawleh's kind treatment of European prisoners are contradicted by accounts of brutality. Few Englishmen dared mention forcible circumcision, castration, sodomization-for obvious reasons. Native authorities, however, assure us that many European women and children were auctioned off into the harems of the Nevab and his retainers. One lad, a drummer boy who had survived the Black Hole only to suffer emasculation and enslavement, signed the following affidavit on his release in June of 1757:<p>"I, Alexander Campbell, was taken at Eleven (11) Years Old by ye same Person who afterwards made me an Eunuque. I was taken Prisoner out of ye Dungeon at Calcutta, where so many unhappy People suffer'd, by Jaffer Beg, Commandent to Sirajuddawaleh, who had me gelded. My only Employment was to attend his Ladies of ye Harem, and to be used by him for ye most filthy Practices...."<p>("Upon Examination [by Dr. Edward Ives, civil surgeon], it was indeed discover'd ye Lad was without Scrotum & Testicules, which had been compleatly cut off, leaving an ugly Scar. Ye Penis was unmutilated [uncircumcised]; ye Fundamental Orifice [anus], tho' apparently subjected to frequent Abuse, not much dilated; ye Lad in fair Health & Spirits, considering his Misfortune." Ives added: "Symptomata: repeated Erections, irritated Foreskin & Corona Glandis. Diagnosis: excessive Self-Abuse, doubtless arouzed by ye Manual Pollution of his Sodomizer. Remedium: Circumcision.")<p>from The Rape of India: A Biography of Robert Clive and a Sexual History of the Conquest of Hindustan by Allen Edwares. Julian Press, 1966, pp. 142-43.

JesusA (imported) wrote: Thu Jul 19, 2001 11:53 am Even Clive was deluded into writing to his wife, before he knew better: "It would be unfolding a Tale too horrible to repeat if I was to relate to You the horrid Cruelties & Barbarities inflicted upon an unfortunate People to whom the Nabob, in a great part, owes the Riches & Grandeur of his Province: no less than 120 People (the greatest part of them Gentlemen of Family & Distinction) being put to an ignominious Death in one Night & in such a Manner as was quite inconsistent with the Character of a Man of Courage or Humanity, such as I have always heard the Nabob represented to be, and for this Reason I believe it must have been done without his Knowledge."<p>In search of a scapegoat, Holwell fell upon Amichand, the Hindu tycoon of Calcutta, whom he had ordered arrested for collaboration with the Nevab. "The hard Treatment [mutiliation and abuse] I met with may truely be attributed in a great measure to his Suggestions & Insinuations... You know, Omychund can never forgive... It is well known He was the chief Instigator of the Massacre of the Black Hole."<p>Reports of Sirajuddawleh's kind treatment of European prisoners are contradicted by accounts of brutality. Few Englishmen dared mention forcible circumcision, castration, sodomization-for obvious reasons. Native authorities, however, assure us that many European women and children were auctioned off into the harems of the Nevab and his retainers. One lad, a drummer boy who had survived the Black Hole only to suffer emasculation and enslavement, signed the following affidavit on his release in June of 1757:<p>"I, Alexander Campbell, was taken at Eleven (11) Years Old by ye same Person who afterwards made me an Eunuque. I was taken Prisoner out of ye Dungeon at Calcutta, where so many unhappy People suffer'd, by Jaffer Beg, Commandent to Sirajuddawaleh, who had me gelded. My only Employment was to attend his Ladies of ye Harem, and to be used by him for ye most filthy Practices...."<p>("Upon Examination [by Dr. Edward Ives, civil surgeon], it was indeed discover'd ye Lad was without Scrotum & Testicules, which had been compleatly cut off, leaving an ugly Scar. Ye Penis was unmutilated [uncircumcised]; ye Fundamental Orifice [anus], tho' apparently subjected to frequent Abuse, not much dilated; ye Lad in fair Health & Spirits, considering his Misfortune." Ives added: "Symptomata: repeated Erections, irritated Foreskin & Corona Glandis. Diagnosis: excessive Self-Abuse, doubtless arouzed by ye Manual Pollution of his Sodomizer. Remedium: Circumcision.")<p>from The Rape of India: A Biography of Robert Clive and a Sexual History of the Conquest of Hindustan by Allen Edwares. Julian Press, 1966, pp. 142-43.

JesusA (imported) wrote: Thu Jul 19, 2001 11:53 am Even Clive was deluded into writing to his wife, before he knew better: "It would be unfolding a Tale too horrible to repeat if I was to relate to You the horrid Cruelties & Barbarities inflicted upon an unfortunate People to whom the Nabob, in a great part, owes the Riches & Grandeur of his Province: no less than 120 People (the greatest part of them Gentlemen of Family & Distinction) being put to an ignominious Death in one Night & in such a Manner as was quite inconsistent with the Character of a Man of Courage or Humanity, such as I have always heard the Nabob represented to be, and for this Reason I believe it must have been done without his Knowledge."<p>In search of a scapegoat, Holwell fell upon Amichand, the Hindu tycoon of Calcutta, whom he had ordered arrested for collaboration with the Nevab. "The hard Treatment [mutiliation and abuse] I met with may truely be attributed in a great measure to his Suggestions & Insinuations... You know, Omychund can never forgive... It is well known He was the chief Instigator of the Massacre of the Black Hole."<p>Reports of Sirajuddawleh's kind treatment of European prisoners are contradicted by accounts of brutality. Few Englishmen dared mention forcible circumcision, castration, sodomization-for obvious reasons. Native authorities, however, assure us that many European women and children were auctioned off into the harems of the Nevab and his retainers. One lad, a drummer boy who had survived the Black Hole only to suffer emasculation and enslavement, signed the following affidavit on his release in June of 1757:<p>"I, Alexander Campbell, was taken at Eleven (11) Years Old by ye same Person who afterwards made me an Eunuque. I was taken Prisoner out of ye Dungeon at Calcutta, where so many unhappy People suffer'd, by Jaffer Beg, Commandent to Sirajuddawaleh, who had me gelded. My only Employment was to attend his Ladies of ye Harem, and to be used by him for ye most filthy Practices...."<p>("Upon Examination [by Dr. Edward Ives, civil surgeon], it was indeed discover'd ye Lad was without Scrotum & Testicules, which had been compleatly cut off, leaving an ugly Scar. Ye Penis was unmutilated [uncircumcised]; ye Fundamental Orifice [anus], tho' apparently subjected to frequent Abuse, not much dilated; ye Lad in fair Health & Spirits, considering his Misfortune." Ives added: "Symptomata: repeated Erections, irritated Foreskin & Corona Glandis. Diagnosis: excessive Self-Abuse, doubtless arouzed by ye Manual Pollution of his Sodomizer. Remedium: Circumcision.")<p>from The Rape of India: A Biography of Robert Clive and a Sexual History of the Conquest of Hindustan by Allen Edwares. Julian Press, 1966, pp. 142-43.

JesusA (imported) wrote: Thu Jul 19, 2001 11:53 am Even Clive was deluded into writing to his wife, before he knew better: "It would be unfolding a Tale too horrible to repeat if I was to relate to You the horrid Cruelties & Barbarities inflicted upon an unfortunate People to whom the Nabob, in a great part, owes the Riches & Grandeur of his Province: no less than 120 People (the greatest part of them Gentlemen of Family & Distinction) being put to an ignominious Death in one Night & in such a Manner as was quite inconsistent with the Character of a Man of Courage or Humanity, such as I have always heard the Nabob represented to be, and for this Reason I believe it must have been done without his Knowledge."<p>In search of a scapegoat, Holwell fell upon Amichand, the Hindu tycoon of Calcutta, whom he had ordered arrested for collaboration with the Nevab. "The hard Treatment [mutiliation and abuse] I met with may truely be attributed in a great measure to his Suggestions & Insinuations... You know, Omychund can never forgive... It is well known He was the chief Instigator of the Massacre of the Black Hole."<p>Reports of Sirajuddawleh's kind treatment of European prisoners are contradicted by accounts of brutality. Few Englishmen dared mention forcible circumcision, castration, sodomization-for obvious reasons. Native authorities, however, assure us that many European women and children were auctioned off into the harems of the Nevab and his retainers. One lad, a drummer boy who had survived the Black Hole only to suffer emasculation and enslavement, signed the following affidavit on his release in June of 1757:<p>"I, Alexander Campbell, was taken at Eleven (11) Years Old by ye same Person who afterwards made me an Eunuque. I was taken Prisoner out of ye Dungeon at Calcutta, where so many unhappy People suffer'd, by Jaffer Beg, Commandent to Sirajuddawaleh, who had me gelded. My only Employment was to attend his Ladies of ye Harem, and to be used by him for ye most filthy Practices...."<p>("Upon Examination [by Dr. Edward Ives, civil surgeon], it was indeed discover'd ye Lad was without Scrotum & Testicules, which had been compleatly cut off, leaving an ugly Scar. Ye Penis was unmutilated [uncircumcised]; ye Fundamental Orifice [anus], tho' apparently subjected to frequent Abuse, not much dilated; ye Lad in fair Health & Spirits, considering his Misfortune." Ives added: "Symptomata: repeated Erections, irritated Foreskin & Corona Glandis. Diagnosis: excessive Self-Abuse, doubtless arouzed by ye Manual Pollution of his Sodomizer. Remedium: Circumcision.")<p>from The Rape of India: A Biography of Robert Clive and a Sexual History of the Conquest of Hindustan by Allen Edwares. Julian Press, 1966, pp. 142-43.