The large amount of indentured servants in the seventeenth and eighteenth century was caused by many factors which led to many consequences. The Triangular Trade route had established a global desire for commodities such as sugar. With the increased want for sugar brought about a need for workers on sugar plantations. This need for more workers was “solved,” by hiring indentured servants. The need for more labor, not only sugar plantation labor was the main reasoning for the increase in indentured servitude {Documents, two, five and seven}. For example, in the small island of Mauritius there were at least 60,000 labors needed at any given time. The increase in indentured servitude led to the evolving of many things. Firstly, there was a rapid
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An editorial from the Natal Mercury stated, “ Next year, the quantity of labor that will be required to bring a profitable result the large and increasing sugar cultivation now going on will be great beyond the possibility of its being supplied by our own natives.” (Document One) This states that the global desire for sugar has surpassed the levels that their citizens can provide. Therefore creating a need for indentured servitude. This section of the editorial would be credible due to the fact that it is reporting numbers that were discussed at a local public meeting. Numerical evidence is trustworthy due to the fact that it can not be partial or biased. To contribute to the overwhelming evidence that the increase in servitude was due to a need for sugar, there are photos of Asian Indian indentured laborers waiting to be assigned a role on a sugar plantation. In addition, there is a photo of a servant's harvesting large stalks of sugar (Document Five). This is extremely credible due to the fact that it is photo evidence. It is a snapshot, capturing the labor. Recruiters from the British Guinea, would travel searching for willing applicants (Document Seven). This speaks to the need for servants as there is a job specifically designed to attract young men and women to work for plantation …show more content…
A particular map titled Principal Overseas Indentured Migrations, 1834-1919 sheds light on the migration of people from all over. The majority of servants originating from India and China; traveling generally to South American countries. However there were some outlier states such as Mauritius, Fiji etc. (Document Three). As one could imagine this expansive migration would lead to an increase in cultural diversification. To add to this, a piece of data titled Selected Intercontinental Flows of Indentured or Contract Labor, Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century explains this massive migration. It states that the main origins of laborers came from India, China and Japan. These migrants mostly went to British Guiana (239,000 laborers), Mauritius (455,000 laborers), and South Africa, (153,000 laborers). This massive fluctuation would most definitely lead to an adjustment in the host country's social, economic and political state. In addition this inflow of new people became so massive that from 1920-1921 seventy-one percent of people in Mauritius were Asian Indians (Document Nine). This evidence is credible due to the fact that it is from various official government records. As the numerical evidence shows, the increase in people and need for laborers changed the very ethnic makeup of a given
An editorial from the Natal Mercury stated, “ Next year, the quantity of labor that will be required to bring a profitable result the large and increasing sugar cultivation now going on will be great beyond the possibility of its being supplied by our own natives.” (Document One) This states that the global desire for sugar has surpassed the levels that their citizens can provide. Therefore creating a need for indentured servitude. This section of the editorial would be credible due to the fact that it is reporting numbers that were discussed at a local public meeting. Numerical evidence is trustworthy due to the fact that it can not be partial or biased. To contribute to the overwhelming evidence that the increase in servitude was due to a need for sugar, there are photos of Asian Indian indentured laborers waiting to be assigned a role on a sugar plantation. In addition, there is a photo of a servant's harvesting large stalks of sugar (Document Five). This is extremely credible due to the fact that it is photo evidence. It is a snapshot, capturing the labor. Recruiters from the British Guinea, would travel searching for willing applicants (Document Seven). This speaks to the need for servants as there is a job specifically designed to attract young men and women to work for plantation …show more content…
A particular map titled Principal Overseas Indentured Migrations, 1834-1919 sheds light on the migration of people from all over. The majority of servants originating from India and China; traveling generally to South American countries. However there were some outlier states such as Mauritius, Fiji etc. (Document Three). As one could imagine this expansive migration would lead to an increase in cultural diversification. To add to this, a piece of data titled Selected Intercontinental Flows of Indentured or Contract Labor, Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century explains this massive migration. It states that the main origins of laborers came from India, China and Japan. These migrants mostly went to British Guiana (239,000 laborers), Mauritius (455,000 laborers), and South Africa, (153,000 laborers). This massive fluctuation would most definitely lead to an adjustment in the host country's social, economic and political state. In addition this inflow of new people became so massive that from 1920-1921 seventy-one percent of people in Mauritius were Asian Indians (Document Nine). This evidence is credible due to the fact that it is from various official government records. As the numerical evidence shows, the increase in people and need for laborers changed the very ethnic makeup of a given