A group of contract workers from the British East Indies at the so-called “coolie depot,” the central gathering point for immigrants in Paramaribo, 1891.
A group of contract workers from the British East Indies at the so-called “coolie depot,” the central gathering point for immigrants in Paramaribo, 1891.

From India to Indenture

A comparative analysis of individual life courses of Indian labour migrants in nineteenth- and early twentieth-centuries colonial spheres
Duration
15 January 2025 until 14 January 2031
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M.J. Kraijo (Matthijs) MA
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Research
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Radboud Group for Historical Demography and Family History, Radboud Institute for Culture and History, Faculty of Arts

This PhD research will examine the life courses of Indian indentured labourers who migrated between 1830 and 1920 from the colony of British India to several parts of the world. This research focuses on how the lives of indentured labourers in Suriname, South Africa and Fiji evolved during and after their contract periods.

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