Coolies of the empire : indentured Indians in the sugar colonies, 1830-1920 / Ashutosh Kumar.

"Focuses on the overseas Indians who left their homeland to work on colonial sugar plantations during the 19th and early 20th centuries under the indenture system, introduced in the British Empire subsequent to the abolition of slavery in 1833"--

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Main Author: Ashutosh Kumar, 1984- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
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