Legacy of Slavery and Indentured Labour: Historical and Contemporary Issues in Suriname and the Caribbean

The volume consists of ten articles thematically grouped in three parts:
Part1: One chapter presents primary archival evidence as a resource to digitize the locations of slavery’s uncommon perpetrators, merchants and slave owners throughout Europe. Two chapters examine Diaspora communities; one looks at the integration of historical Indian communities or Hindustanis in Suriname and in the Netherlands while the other considers modern attempts at maintaining ties to Andean countries in the hope of bolstering co-development strategies for the future.

Part2: The three chapters in this part deal with the topic of health within the Indian Diaspora. The chapters cover Suriname (with some focus on the Netherlands and the U.S.A.) and Trinidad. They address the issues of health, medical care and well being of labourers of the first and second migrations.

Part 3: The four chapters in this part examine Maroon life. One chapter analyses Maroon life in Suriname and suggests a multipartite approach in studying Maroon material culture while another chapter reveals how research in neglected regions can bring much importance to Maroon history and society. The other two chapters address the ‘Maroon Diaspora’, in French Guiana and the Netherlands. All chapters shows the challenges Maroons face in their new homeland as well as the determination to maintain their traditional belief systems before displacement.