Contents

Acknowledgments viii

List ofFigures and Tables ix

Preface x

1 Introduction 1

2 Historical background 30

PART I

Slavery 49

3 The abolition of the slave trade 51

4 The abolition of slavery 79

PART II

Indentured labour 103

5 Informal indenture and apprenticeships 105

6 State-regulated immigration and the emergence

of an Indian peasantry 139

7 Conclusion 169

Bibliography 184

Index 206