The treaty committed the United States and Britain to use their best efforts to end the trade, but it created no immediate enforcement mechanism. The language reflected diplomatic pressure and the...
On 10 February 1872, the Netherlands ratified its 1870 agreement with Britain governing the emigration of so-called free workers from British India to Suriname. This legal framework made it possible...
The Dewa arrived on 24 May 1916 with the final recorded group of Hindostani contract workers from British India. More than 34,000 people had arrived under the recruitment system since 1873. The...
