The Indian convict labourer : convict or labourer? The interrelation between the colonial penal system, convict transportation and the usage of Indian convict labour by the British in colonial Singapore from 1825–1873
Singapore’s past as a penal settlement has been largely based upon the usage of Indian convict labour to build up the colonial state in the 19th century. Indian convicts who had been forcefully transported over from other British penal settlements served their respective sentences through labouring...
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| Format: | Final Year Project (FYP) |
| Language: | English |
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2019
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76658 |