What was indentureship in Trinidad and Tobago?

Sherry-Ann Singh Department of History University of the West Indies St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. Indian workers arrival in the Caribbean. Between 1845 and 1917 a total of 143,939 Indians migrated to Trinidad under the system of Indian indenture. read more

Sherry-Ann Singh Department of History, University of the West Indies St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago; Indian workers arrival in the Caribbean Between 1845 and 1917 a total of 143,939 Indians migrated to Trinidad under the system of Indian indenture. read more

Trinidad, the second largest West Indian island, after Jamaica, was considered the most fertile of any of the British West Indian colonies. The demand for indentured labour came, in the aftermath of the abolition of African slavery in the British West Indies, in 1838. read more

Indentureship was introduced after 1834 (Emancipation in the British West Indies) in various parts of the British West Indies. Sugar Plantations were a key source of revenue. read more