The intersection of colonialism and indentured labour in the Caribbean
Indentured labour was a peculiar invention of English colonisers in the seventeenth century, a pre-cursor to full-blown chattel slavery. When Caribbean plantocracies abandoned slavery in the nineteenth century they returned to indentureship to stabilise and expand the economy and create a barrier to...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024
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The Palgrave handbook of Caribbean criminology
Year: 2024, Pages: 443-459 |
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