For too many historians the recruitment and employment of an Asian indentured labourers on the Caribbean sugar plantation replacing the emancipated slaves was just " another system of slavery " to quote a former viceroy in British India. Historical research, however, shows that the life of an indentured labourer differed significantly front that of a slave. First of all, over time the number of deserters among the recruits in India decline to less than 1 percent indicating that the great majority went overseas voluntarily. Secondly, the demography of the indentured plantation workers was remarkable showing a remarkably high birthrate and a decline in mortality creating demographic growth unheard of among the Caribbean slave populations. No ...
Indian (South Asian) immigration to the French Antilles in the nineteenth century has been little st...
Recent scholarship on British, Dutch, French, and Portuguese slave trading in the Indian Ocean highl...
Ce n'est pas la première fois qu'on aborde la question de l'immigration indienne « réunionnaise » ou...
It is not the first time that the issue of Indian immigration to Reunion or “hiring” -that is to say...
It is not the first time that the issue of Indian immigration to Reunion or “hiring” -that is to say...
It is not the first time that the issue of Indian immigration to Reunion or “hiring” -that is to say...
It is not the first time that the issue of Indian immigration to Reunion or “hiring” -that is to say...
In the Indian ocean, slave trade is an age-old phenomenon, both factor of fracture and of cultural c...
In the Indian ocean, slave trade is an age-old phenomenon, both factor of fracture and of cultural c...
This dissertation considers the significance of empire for indentured labor emigration from India. T...
This dissertation considers the significance of empire for indentured labor emigration from India. T...
International audienceFour years after the abolition of slavery in 1848, the French government organ...
A reaction against slavery on the big colonial plantations in the 18th century, marooning is still n...
The existence of a distinct Indian sub-population within the free population of color on the Ile de ...
Indian (South Asian) immigration to the French Antilles in the nineteenth century has been little st...
Indian (South Asian) immigration to the French Antilles in the nineteenth century has been little st...
Recent scholarship on British, Dutch, French, and Portuguese slave trading in the Indian Ocean highl...
Ce n'est pas la première fois qu'on aborde la question de l'immigration indienne « réunionnaise » ou...
It is not the first time that the issue of Indian immigration to Reunion or “hiring” -that is to say...
It is not the first time that the issue of Indian immigration to Reunion or “hiring” -that is to say...
It is not the first time that the issue of Indian immigration to Reunion or “hiring” -that is to say...
It is not the first time that the issue of Indian immigration to Reunion or “hiring” -that is to say...
In the Indian ocean, slave trade is an age-old phenomenon, both factor of fracture and of cultural c...
In the Indian ocean, slave trade is an age-old phenomenon, both factor of fracture and of cultural c...
This dissertation considers the significance of empire for indentured labor emigration from India. T...
This dissertation considers the significance of empire for indentured labor emigration from India. T...
International audienceFour years after the abolition of slavery in 1848, the French government organ...
A reaction against slavery on the big colonial plantations in the 18th century, marooning is still n...
The existence of a distinct Indian sub-population within the free population of color on the Ile de ...
Indian (South Asian) immigration to the French Antilles in the nineteenth century has been little st...
Indian (South Asian) immigration to the French Antilles in the nineteenth century has been little st...
Recent scholarship on British, Dutch, French, and Portuguese slave trading in the Indian Ocean highl...
Ce n'est pas la première fois qu'on aborde la question de l'immigration indienne « réunionnaise » ou...