Question

where did indian indentured labour came from ? how were they allured in this vicious slavery

Answer 1

• Bonded labourer under contract of work for an employer for a specific period of time and also to pay off his passage to a new country or home is termed as indentured labour
• In the 19^th century, thousands of Indian and Chinese indentured labourers went to work on Plantations, in mines, and in railway and road construction projects around the world
• These workers were promised return travel to India after they have worked for 5 years on their employer’s plantations
• Most of the Indian indentured labourers came from present day regions of Eastern Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Central India and districts of Tamil Nadu
• The Indian indentured labourers were lured to this vicious slavery because of decline of cottage industries, rise in land rents, failure of poor to pay their rents, etc