Passage from India to El Dorado
Author: Dave Hollett
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780838638194
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"At the instigation of William Gladstone, this challenge was met by implementing a controversial plan he had conceived, namely, the recruitment and importation of indentured workers from various places, but primarily from India, then the "jewel in the Crown" of the British Empire. This book is the story of these immigrants, who were transported from one side of the globe to another, almost exclusively in sailing ships."--BOOK JACKET.