Question

Why indentured labour was taken by the british from india to other colonies? Have they been able to preserve their cultural identity over there?

Answer 1

Indentured Labour is a system of bonded labour that came to existence after the abolition of slavery. British government recruited bonded labours from India to work under a contract (much like slavery for stipulated period). British government recruited people from India to work in their sugar, cotton and tea plantations in West Indies and Africa.

Some of the reasons behind why Indians migrated to other British colonies via indentured labour policies are mentioned below  

• Poor economic situation to survive.
• Hatred on community and gender discrimination.
• Poverty
• They are good in plantation works.

Even though they migrated to other British colonies they got the chance for preserving their culture and hereditary by conversing in their mother tang, celebrating festivals.