Indentured Servants in the Caribbean- CSEC History

Indentured Servants/ Indentured Labourers

Once the abolition of slavery came into effect, planters, that is, former slave owners, no longer had the benefit of free labour. As such, they had to seek alternatives to maintain the production of the valuable crop.

The solution was indentured servants.

Indentured servants were brought from other countries with the promise of better opportunities and way of life. This system offered low wages for their labour for a specified time frame, which could be extended once the contract period ended.

It must be noted that these indentured servants were viewed as people with human rights. The indenture system began in 1837 and it was abolished in 1920.

References
https://historyguild.org/after-caribb...
http://www.jnht.com/disndat_people.ph....
https://www.jard.gov.jm/media-gallery...
http://www.caribbean-atlas.com/en/the...
https://www.nlj.gov.jm/history-notes/...
https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/....
https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/...

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