Indentureship vs. Slavery
NAME:
SCHOOL:
THEME: 5 ADJUSTMENTS TO EMANCIPATION, 1838-1876
SECTION: B
S.B.A QUESTION: According to the views of Hugh Tinker, East Indian Indentureship 1845-1917 incorporated many of the repressive features of African enslavement, which induced the East Indians to resort to many of the responses and actions of their African counterparts in bondage. With reference to any one British Caribbean colony, to what extent do you support this view?
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Statement of Aim______________________________________________________1
Rationale_____________________________________________________________2
Introduction__________________________________________________________3
Terms under which indentured servants were bound to labour in comparison to those which bounded the enslaved __________________________________________________5
Conditions faced by the indentured servants in the middle passage in comparison to those faced by the enslaved_______________________________________________________6
Conditions faced by the indentured servants on the plantations in comparison to those faced by the enslaved_________________________________________________________7
Resistance methods by the indentured in contrast to the enslaved_______________8
Conclusion__________________________________________________________9
STATEMENT OF AIM
In this project the reader should have a clear understanding of the similarities and differences between indentureship and enslavement. They should be able to gain a better awareness of the treatment of the enslaved Africans and that of the indentured East Indians. They should be able to derive their own conclusion on whether or not East Indian Indentureship was just a new system of enslavement.
RATIONALE
The reason for this topic being chosen was to identify, analyze, interpret and understand the view made by Hugh Tinker that indentureship was just ‘a new system of slavery.’ History encourages the brain to utilize information, whether views
SCHOOL:
THEME: 5 ADJUSTMENTS TO EMANCIPATION, 1838-1876
SECTION: B
S.B.A QUESTION: According to the views of Hugh Tinker, East Indian Indentureship 1845-1917 incorporated many of the repressive features of African enslavement, which induced the East Indians to resort to many of the responses and actions of their African counterparts in bondage. With reference to any one British Caribbean colony, to what extent do you support this view?
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Statement of Aim______________________________________________________1
Rationale_____________________________________________________________2
Introduction__________________________________________________________3
Terms under which indentured servants were bound to labour in comparison to those which bounded the enslaved __________________________________________________5
Conditions faced by the indentured servants in the middle passage in comparison to those faced by the enslaved_______________________________________________________6
Conditions faced by the indentured servants on the plantations in comparison to those faced by the enslaved_________________________________________________________7
Resistance methods by the indentured in contrast to the enslaved_______________8
Conclusion__________________________________________________________9
STATEMENT OF AIM
In this project the reader should have a clear understanding of the similarities and differences between indentureship and enslavement. They should be able to gain a better awareness of the treatment of the enslaved Africans and that of the indentured East Indians. They should be able to derive their own conclusion on whether or not East Indian Indentureship was just a new system of enslavement.
RATIONALE
The reason for this topic being chosen was to identify, analyze, interpret and understand the view made by Hugh Tinker that indentureship was just ‘a new system of slavery.’ History encourages the brain to utilize information, whether views
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