The indentured labour trade was begun to replace freed slaves on sugar plantations in British colonies in the 1830s, but expanded to many other locations around the world. This is the first survey of the global flow of indentured migrants from Africa that developed after the end of the slave trade and continued until shortly after the First World War. This volume describes the experiences of the two million Asians, Africans, and South Pacific Islanders who signed long-term labour contracts in return for free passage overseas, modest wages, and other benefits. The experience of these indentured migrants of different origins and destinations is compared in terms of their motives, conditions of travel, and subsequent creation of permanent overseas settlements.
- ISBN13 9780521485197
- Publish Date 30 June 1995
- Publish Status Inactive
- Out of Print 6 February 2004
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Cambridge University Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 200
- Language English