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In the 1830s, most chattel slaves in India were indigenous Indian women and children, employed as domestic house servants, concubines (sex slaves) dancing girls, soldiers or agricultural laborers, while it was more common for laborers to be serfs rather than slaves; in 1841 there were reportedly an estimated 9 million slaves in India, most of ...
Female and male slaves from Ethiopia made up the main supply of slaves to India and the Middle East. [61] Ethiopian slaves, both females imported as concubines and men imported as eunuchs, were imported in 19th-century Iran. [62] [63] Sudan, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zanzibar exported the majority of slaves traded to 19th-century Iran. [64]
The Indian Slavery Act, 1843, also known as Act V of 1843, was an act passed in British India under East India Company rule, which outlawed many economic transactions associated with slavery. The act states how the sale of any person as a slave was banned, and anyone buying or selling slaves would be prosecuted under the law, the offence ...
Out of all forms of systems in slavery in the world, the Indian debt bondage system has one of the highest numbers of forced laborers. [5] According to the Ministry of Labor and Employment of the Government of India, there are over 300,000 bonded laborers in India, with a majority of them in the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Odisha. [2]
The Indian indenture system was a system of indentured servitude, by which more than 1.6 million workers [1] from British India were transported to labour in European colonies, as a substitute for slave labour, following the abolition of the trade in the early 19th century.
Harris (1971) provides a historical survey of the eastward dispersal of slaves from Southeast Africa to places like India. [24] Hamilton (1990) argues that Siddis in India, their histories, experiences, cultures, and expressions, are integral to the African Diaspora and thus, help better understand the dynamics of dispersed peoples.
The patterns of slavery and slave population varied between districts. Various laws were passed during 1811, 1812 and 1823 to restrict slavery and prevent child labour, though the slave trade was only ended with the Indian Slavery Act of 1843 , and the sale of slaves became a criminal offence in 1862 under the new Indian Penal Code .
Pages in category "Slavery in India" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...