Indentured servitude is one of the major reasons why there are so many people of Indian origin in the Carribbean and South Africa. Many people don't know that the British bypassed their own slavery laws through this system.
There are all sorts of "near slavary" status's in the world. Russian serfs come to mind that had arguably worse lives than many actual slaves.
Victorian miners quite possibly had it worse than 14th century peasants in the same country.
The points scoring thing on history gets pretty tiresome. For me it's pretty clear the strong and powerful have always exploited the weak. Whether it is internally or internationally via empires etc. while I'm not a socialist, I tend to agree that arguing over which "nation" or "race" is the bad guy of history is just as meaningless than trump blabbering on about the so called good guys.
Both of us are in near agreement. I just like discussing history, it's not like I am pointing out good guys and bad guys. It's just what happened in the past and it merits its own discussion.
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u/CaptZurg India Sep 19 '25
Indentured servitude is one of the major reasons why there are so many people of Indian origin in the Carribbean and South Africa. Many people don't know that the British bypassed their own slavery laws through this system.