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A new system of slavery : the export of Indian labour overseas, 1830-1920

Date

1974

Authors

Hugh Tinker

Abstract

The first comprehensive historical survey of a hitherto neglected and only partially known migration: the export of Indians to supply the labour needed in producing plantation crops in Mauritius, South and East Africa, Caribbean and other countries. This followed the legal ending of slavery and Professor Tinker shows the many features the two systems had in common.

Place published

London ; New York

Publisher

published for the Institute of Race Relations by Oxford University Press

Notes

illus. ; 22 cm.

Economic sectors

Agriculture and horticulture workers

Content types

Documented cases of abuse

Target groups

Researchers

Geographical focuses

India

Spheres of activity

History

Languages

English