Slaves, Freedmen and Indentured Laborers in Colonial Mauritius

Social and economic history of Mauritius of interest to scholars of slavery and plantation systems.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Creating a garden of sugar: land, labor and capital, 1721-1936; Part I. Labor and Labor Relations: 3. A state of continual disquietude and hostility: maroonage and slave labor, 1721-1835; 4. Indentured labor and the legacy of maroonage: illegal absence; desertion, and vagrancy, 1835-1900; Part II. Land and the Mobilization of Domestic Capital: 5. Becoming an appropriated people: the rise of the free population of color, 1729-1830; 6. The general desire to possess land: ex-apprentices and the post-emancipation era, 1839-51; 7. The regenerators of agricultural prosperity: Indian immigrants and their descendants, 1834-1936; 8. Conclusion.

Summary

This social and economic history of Mauritius, from French colonization in 1721 to the mid-1930s, describes changing relationships between different elements in the society, slave, free and maroon, and East Indian indentured populations. First published in 1999, it brings the Mauritian case to the attention of scholars of slavery and plantation systems.

Product details

• Authors: Richard B. Allen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.01.2012
• EAN: 9780521641258
• ISBN: 978-0-521-64125-8
• No. of pages: 242
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 549 g
• Series: African Studies Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology