MP Board · Class 10 · Social Science · History: The Making of a Global WorldWho were indentured laborers and where were they migrated from India?

Indentured laborers were bonded laborers under contract to work for a specific employer for a set period, usually five years, to pay off their passage to a new country. In the nineteenth century, hundreds of thousands of Indian indentured laborers were recruited from regions like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Central India to work in Caribbean islands, Mauritius, and Fiji.