British Plantations Create Indentured Labor System
Subject
Indian National Movement
Chapter
Advent of the Europeans
- Plantation crops in British colonies required massive workforce after slavery abolition
- Indentured labor system emerged in 1843 as five-year work contracts with return passage
- System operated in Ceylon, Mauritius, Fiji, Malaya, Caribbean, Natal and South Africa
- Poor peasants and weavers signed up hoping to earn money but faced slave-like conditions