Worthy of Freedom by Jonathan Connolly
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Title: Worthy of Freedom: Indenture and Free Labor in the Era of Emancipation
Author: Jonathan Connolly
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A study of Indian indentured labor in Mauritius, British Guiana, and Trinidad that explores the history of indenture's normalization.
In this book, historian Jonathan Connolly traces the normalization of indenture from its controversial beginnings to its widespread adoption across the British Empire during the nineteenth century. Initially viewed as a covert revival of slavery, indenture caused a scandal in Britain and India. But over time, economic conflict in the colonies altered public perceptions of indenture, now increasingly viewed as a legitimate form of free labor and a means of preserving the promise of abolition. Connolly explains how the large-scale, state-sponsored migration of Indian subjects to work on sugar plantations across Mauritius, British Guiana, and Trinidad transformed both the notion of post-slavery free labor and the political economy of emancipation.
Excavating legal and public debates and tracing practical applications of the...
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A study of Indian indentured labor in Mauritius, British Guiana, and Trinidad that explores the history of indenture's normalization.
In this book, historian Jonathan Connolly traces the normalization of indenture from its controversial beginnings to its widespread adoption across the British Empire during the nineteenth century. Initially viewed as a covert revival of slavery, indenture caused a scandal in Britain and India. But over time, economic conflict in the colonies altered public perceptions of indenture, now increasingly viewed as a legitimate form of free labor and a means of preserving the promise of abolition. Connolly explains how the large-scale, state-sponsored migration of Indian subjects to work on sugar plantations across Mauritius, British Guiana, and Trinidad transformed both the notion of post-slavery free labor and the political economy of emancipation.
Excavating legal and public debates and tracing practical applications of the...
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https://rapidgator.net/file/70851cdd84dc12b643ca876bc3a9294f/Worthy_of_Freedom_by_Jonathan_Connolly.rar
https://nitroflare.com/view/6D15704B83B672E/Worthy_of_Freedom_by_Jonathan_Connolly.rar
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