Abstract:

Recent work in global history has defined the long-distance labor migration of the nineteenth and early twentieth century, following the demise of Trans-Atlantic slavery, as a global phenomenon. Though an important component of migration studies as well as the history of globalization, this framework struggles to consider the significance of indentured migration from India to the sugar plantations overseas. In the view of Adam McKeown, the indentured were insignificant to global historical change, given that they constituted less than ten percent of global migration between 1846 and 1940. In order to establish the significance of indenture, this essay highlights the uniqueness of the indenture system in terms of workers' rights and welfare as well as the legal framework that provided a new language of freedom and contract. Under this system, laborers bargained with colonial authority, a process, which was fulfilled through the amendment in the legislations. By highlighting this element of the history of indentured labor, this essay aims to inspire further research into the detailed legal history of the process.

摘要：

全球历史上的最新工作已将跨大西洋奴隶制消亡后的十九世纪和二十世纪初的长途劳务移民定义为一种全球现象。尽管该框架是移民研究以及全球化历史的重要组成部分，但该框架仍在努力考虑从印度向海外糖园的确认移民的重要性。亚当·麦克基恩（Adam McKeown）认为，契约者对于全球历史变化微不足道，因为在1846年至1940年之间，契约者在全球移民中所占的比例不到10％。为了确立契约的重要性，本文从劳动者的权利和福利以及提供自由和契约的新语言的法律框架的角度，强调契约体系的独特性。在这种制度下，劳动者与殖民地政府进行了讨价还价，这一过程通过立法中的修正得以实现。通过强调契约劳动历史的这一要素，本文旨在激发人们对该过程的详细法律历史进行进一步的研究。