The mass exodus of slaves from sugar plantations created a void that needed to be filled immediately — the alternative was economic disaster. Over one million indentured servants were taken from India and China in the years that followed and were spread among the Caribbean and other British colonies. Indentured servitude (used somewhat interchangeably with the term “bonded labour”) is now a cornerstone of modern slavery. It is uncanny that Queen Elizabeth II died within one week’s time of the new global statistics being published on modern slavery. While my family was fortunate enough to escape the grips of slavery, there are more slaves today than at any point in human history.

Source: thestar September 18, 2022 00:01 UTC