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Indian indenture system
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The Indian indenture system was a system of indentured servitude, by which more than 1.6 million workers from India were transported to labour in various overseas European colonies, beginning shortly
Newly arrived indentured labourers from India in Trinidad, c. 1897
Newly arrived indentured labourers from India in Trinidad, c. 1897
Artistic representation of the first Indian workers seeing the island of Mauritius from a ship in 1834
Artistic representation of the first Indian workers seeing the island of Mauritius from a ship in 1834
Indenture Memorial, Kidderpore, Kolkata
Indenture Memorial, Kidderpore, Kolkata
Plaques of Indenture Memorial, Kidderpore, Kolkata
Plaques of Indenture Memorial, Kidderpore, Kolkata
Indo-Caribbean people
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Indo-Caribbean or Indian-Caribbean people are people from the Caribbean who trace their ancestry to the Indian subcontinent. They are descendants of the Jahazi indentured laborers from British India,
Indian indenture system
…development of a large Indian diaspora in the Caribbean, Natal (South Africa), Réunion, Mauritius, and Fiji, as well as the growth of Indo-South African, Indo-Caribbean, Indo-Mauritian and Indo-Fijian populations. While many descendants celebrate their cultural resilience, historians emphasise the trauma and displacement…
Indo-Caribbean people in the 19th century celebrating the Indian culture in West Indies through dance and music.
Indo-Caribbean people in the 19th century celebrating the Indian culture in West Indies through dance and music.
A 19th-century lithograph by Theodore Bray showing workers harvesting sugarcane on a Caribbean plantation; on the right is the European overseer.
A 19th-century lithograph by Theodore Bray showing workers harvesting sugarcane on a Caribbean plantation; on the right is the European overseer.
Indian indentured laborers worked for decades for meagre wages in sugar cane plantations of the Dutch East Indies. This image from Tropenmuseum Royal
Indian indentured laborers worked for decades for meagre wages in sugar cane plantations of the Dutch East Indies. This image from Tropenmuseum Royal Tropical Institute shows two Indo-Caribbean people walking towards the house of a Dutch engineer in a Caribbean sugar cane plantation.
Many Caribbean islands celebrate traditional Indian festivals, such as Diwali, as shown in this Divali Nagar decorations from Trinidad and Tobago.
Many Caribbean islands celebrate traditional Indian festivals, such as Diwali, as shown in this Divali Nagar decorations from Trinidad and Tobago.