William Henry Sleeman
British colonial administrator (1788–1856)
William Henry Sleeman
Sir William Henry Sleeman (8 August 1788 – 10 February 1856) was a British officer and administrator in Company-ruled India, best known for his leading role in the Anti-Thuggee Campaign of the 1830s against what he represented as a pan-Indian fraternity of ritual stranglers. Sleeman served as General Superintendent of the Thuggee Department from 1835 to 1855 and published his main work on thuggee, entitled Ramaseeana, in 1836. His writings served as the foundation for the colonial-era representation of thuggee and formed the basis of Philip Meadows Taylor's 1839 novel Confessions of a Thug. Sleeman joined the Bengal Army of the East India Company in 1809 and served during the Gorkha War from 1814 to 1816. He joined the Company's political service in 1820 as an assistant to the Agent of the Governor-General in the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories, remaining in central India for the Anti-Thuggee Campaign. Sleeman's work saw the extension of policing powers over itinerant communities, which...
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