Colonial Plantations & Indian Indenturers

The present edited work provides an alternative to the established colonial narrative on Indenture labour history. The contributors have based their arguments on a variety of sources to challenge the so called colonial benevolence The plantation economies in order to save themselves from ruin after the abolition of slavery re packaged it in a new form – Indenture labour .To procure it India was converted into the biggest market. Oppressive practices deceit manipulations false promises & allurements – the established colonial tools – were opperationalised to facilitate smooth flow of labour under the garb of agreements converting India into the biggest labour recruiting nation.