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Britain and Australia's hidden history of Indian slavery
Britain and Australia's hidden history of Indian slavery)
by Vinil Kumar
Wednesday, 17 June 2020




Indian indentured slavery should be remembered as one of British and Australian capitalism’s historical atrocities. The indenture system, as it is commonly called, existed between 1834 and 1920, during which time about 2 million Indians were transported to 19 colonies across the British empire, and to some French and Dutch territories. More than 400,000 were taken to both Mauritius and Malaysia, 240,000 to what was then British Guiana, 150,000 to Natal (now part of South Africa), 145,000 to Trinidad and Tobago and more than 60,000 to Fiji. The mass displacement created a substantial diaspora, with Indian migrants and their descendants approaching half the population in some countries.

By the turn of the 19th century, the international slave trade had become less central to British capitalism. The Haitian revolution, a mass uprising of slaves against French colonialism, showed the threat slavery could pose to colonial rule. There were mounting calls for the trade to be banned, which Britain and the United States did in 1807. The abolition of slavery across the British empire followed in 1833. But abolition created a shortage of cheap labour for the sugar plantations of the British Caribbean and other developing colonies across the empire. Without a new supply, the profits of these plantations and the sugar industry were in jeopardy. Among the profiteers was the Australian-based Colonial Sugar Refining Company (CSR), which had to find cheap labour for the Fijian sugarcane fields it would come to dominate

Okoroawusa:
Indians have been abusing UK immigration laws since 1900. Same with the Pakistanis. It's possible that Rushi Sunak's parents or grandparents came in with fake student visa

Goodnewsforlife:
y is Peter obi not talking about child soldiers been raised by ipob despite d fact that d video is everywhere

It is hypocrisy to talk about issues in other places n keep quiet when it involves your region

CASTOSVILLA:
Do not believe any delusional igbo man on NL claiming that there's a Supreme leader. Even MNK is not leading anyone. Ekpa and his minions are a bluff

Raf4:
Apapa port was established in 1913 and the construction of 1st 4 deep water berths started in 1921.
Lagos Airport was initially built during 2nd World War.
Carter bridge was built in 1901.
Lagos - Abeokuta railway was opened in 1898, got to Ibadan in 1902.
As far back as 1860s, Lagos already got electricity, telephone, post office, Schools, City Hall, recreation centres, Cathedrals, public & private hospitals, tarred roads, business districts and international trade centres etc.
As you can see, many of the developments in Lagos occurred b4 amalgamation and formationofNigeria. So, Lagos was majorly developed by the locals and colonial masters, using revenues generated from Lagos and other parts of Western Region.

Pakute:
Hahaha!!!... All hail Jagaban the husband of Ipob's mothers.

smileyoo:
too bad and saddening ; agitators are locked up, while terrorists are forgiven and rehabilitated in the name of repentant terrorists as if terrorists can ever repent.
one country, different Nations.

Ballmer:
If them demolition Igbo house na you go complain now them.demolotion Yoruba house na you still de complain see brain de pain your senseless Igbo papa ni ?

Whalis:
It may seem that Wike surrounded Fubara with his loyalists. There is no doubt about this as Fubara as well was his loyalist. These people resigning are politicians who wanted to contest for the position of the governor but were asked to step down for Fubara and they were compensated with the various commissioners' positions. Some were taken to the national level for their compensations.
All were agreed upon in order to give Fubara a free sail.

Whalis:
What has Wike done that is deserving of expelling him?
He became a minister through the approval of PDP NWC. Didn't you hear when he said it? Has it been refuted?
PDP governors and other elected members thereafter when Wike disclosed this visited Tinubu and pledged to work with him. Are you just coming from the moon?

Coolsat:
I'll be very glad if fubara ends up crushing wike politically, wike is doing too much.