Convicts in the Indian Ocean: Transportation from South Asia to Mauritius, 1815-53 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780333761120)

When the British took control of the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius soon after the abolition of the slave trade, they were faced with a labour-hungry and potentially hostile Franco-Mauritian plantocracy. This book explores the context in which Indian convicts were transported to the island and put to work building the infrastructure necessary to fuel the expansion of the sugar industry. Drawing on hitherto unexplored archival material, it is shown how convicts experienced transportation and integrated into the Mauritian social and economic fabric.

Author: C. Anderson
ISBN-10: 033376112X
ISBN-13: 9780333761120
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 01/27/2000
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d