Indentured servants first arrived in America in the decade following the settlement of Jamestown by the Virginia Company in 1607. The idea of indentured servitude was born of a need for cheap labor.

Following the abolition of slavery across the British Empire, Indian indentured labourers provided a cheap source of labour to the government. Many Indians travelled from India to the Caribbean ...

A: Virginia becomes very heavily engaged in tobacco. Tobacco is a crop that needs a tremendous amount of laborers, far more laborers than the Virginians were able to get from Great Britain.

A new monument honouring Indian indentured labourers is set to be completed by November 2025, featuring 684 names and a ...

IT TOOK some journeying, disagreements and politicking before consensus was reached on the design of a monument that would ideally commemorate an historic South African moment, when the first Indian ...

For as long as I can remember, in every circle, in every country that I’ve lived in, there was always a preference for – or even deference to – lighter-coloured skin. Put it this way, there ...

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli earlier today announced the construction of a monument honouring the resilience and legacy of Indian indentured labourers, set to be completed ahead of the ...

Construction of the momument honouring the over 100 000 indentured labourers that travelled from India to South Africa in 1860, is finally getting underway in South Beach near uShaka Marine World.

IT TOOK some journeying, disagreements and politicking before consensus was reached on the design of a monument that would ideally commemorate an historic South African moment, when the first ...