Indian Indenture in the French Sugar Plantations
Indian Indenture in the French Sugar Plantations
“Indian Indenture in the French Sugar Plantations” will be presented by Indira Karamcheti in English on November 2, 2024 from 3:00-5:00 PM. After the (second) French abolition of slavery in 1848, French sugar planters in the Caribbean and in the Indian Ocean turned to the use of indentured workers from India. In the 19th century, they drew people from their…