Commemoration of Centennial of Abolition of Indian Indentureship (CCAII) 11 November 2016 - January 2020
Commemoration of Centennial of Abolition of Indian Indentureship (CCAII) 11 November 2016 - January 2020 An International Conference 22-24 March 2017, Girmit Centre, Lautoka Introduction: The end of slavery by 1833 gave rise to a new form of Slavery called Indian Indenture System. Under this, over 1 million workers from India were taken to a number of British colonies between 1834 and 1917. These included: Mauritius (453,063), British Guiana (238,909), Trinidad (143,939), Natal/South Africa (152,184), Fiji (60,965), Jamaica (36,412), Suriname (34,304), East Africa (32,000), Reunion Island (26,507), an