A protester in Jamaica holds a sign during a rally to demand that the United Kingdom make reparations for slavery - GILBERT BELLAMY/Reuters Caribbean nations are set to demand that Britain make ...

The intergenerational impact of indentured labour on the mental health of the Indian descendants needs to be revisited, ...

A photo-essay tracing the forgotten migration of women indentured labourers from north India to Suriname through colonial contracts and family memory. Centred on Dhannu Munia, a Bhojpuri woman migrant ...

THERE are some compelling studies on Indian indenture, tracing its origins to the British colonial era and the exploitation of cheap labour - often described as a form of human trafficking or "a new ...

However, the argument in favor of reparations for indentured peoples, specifically Asian Indians who made up the vast majority of post-slavery indentured laborers, is less straightforward than it is ...

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Indentured servants first arrived in America in the decade following the settlement of Jamestown by the Virginia Company in 1607. The idea of indentured servitude was born of a need for cheap labor.

Driven by a profound commitment to enriching South African history, Durban author Dr Kogielam Archary shared the journey of eight indentured labourer descendants and their families in her latest book.

Surinamese-born scholar Chan Choenni, a descendant of indentured labourers, visited a Madhubani memorial honouring his ancestor, Thakur Kishundayal Singh Harnandan Singh. This pilgrimage, part of the ...

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Hundreds of Nepali girls, rescued after being sold off by their poor parents as domestic help, marched in Kathmandu Tuesday demanding rehabilitation like jobs and an education, ...