‘To protect the poor from Barbarian Tyranny!' 1

So Napier worked to the best of his abilities to combat violence against women. ² And he had freed the slaves. But if he were to go further – if he were to abolish usury and debt bondage and bring about a real social revolution in the countryside, then he needed to know rather more about how agricultural practices worked. To know about sati was to be against it. To know about abuses in rent did not mean abolishing rent, only tinkering with the details.