Coolies: How British Reinvented Slavery

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[@radhavenkat333]

I'm South Indian Tamil by birth. Today I bow my head with my two hands together and I pray 🙏🏽 giving thanks to my Indian - possible ancestors. They have endured great suffering in their journey of life and in their suffering they have given me an opportunity in my life. May they RIP. The word ‘Coolie’ is definitely nothing to be ashamed off or embarrassed about, it basically means ‘Hard worker’. If anything, the Europeans should be ashamed as to the suffering they have caused the world, they have tried to empower the whole world due their greedy. This video should go viral and should be education for all.

[@Anonymous-xy6nh]

I'm south Indian Tamil too. From Chennai.

[@yaninalewatava8086]

Yeah Definitely... I'm Fijian while watching this vedio it really makes me more angry at the British people how they treated the Indo-Fijians (Fiji Indians)...Evil whites people.

[@bluesirva3574]

It's al relevnat, South African Indians would likely disagree with your view regardingtteh term Coolie.. Your comment regarding 'possible ancestors' is confusing as fuck and you have no idea as to the meaning of 'to empower'.

[@caroltrimble2738]

I am a Indian Jamaican, and while growing up there I felt different and didn't fit in. Although I was half Indian and half black I look much Indian and was call Coolie, I wouldn't understand why until this documentary. Thank you so much for this I have clarity.

[@mrateam6042]

Carol Trimble same here brotha! We just a mix mutton trying to figure it out before we die.

[@dougaxio9923]

You should have left and come to Trinidad where the largest race is of east Indian descendants.

[@bevkelly9433]

All of us half Coolies should start our own movement and tribe. Half Indians /blacks don't fit in. Know exactly what you are talking about!

[@EmpressAshe]

@@bevkelly9433 Yes they do fit in in Trinidad tho In Trinidad we call that half Indian half African mix Dougla

[@AA-ek5kz]

@@dougaxio9923 The majority of the island are Black African and not Indian.

[@pallavmaurya6218]

Sending love and hugs from eastern part of India(Bihar) to all my lost brothers and sisters whose ancestors were from India . We haven't forgot u n we r proud to see most of u progressing in ur life and a lot of u holding on to the Indian values n cultures along with exchanging values and assimilating into the countries u went to.Do visit ur motherland Bharat(India) n trace down ur villages as a memory of ur ancestors.

[@mohamedkalo785]

My great grandfather and grandmother was from Bihar India they spoke bhojpuri hello from Guyana south America

[@sammysammy7666]

I am from St Lucia in the Caribbean

[@urmillamaharaj4206]

I'm South African...I miss my India.

[@siobhanparker6221]

My neighbour in London was from Guyana. She had no idea where her people were from in India. As an Irish person I was horrified. Place and roots are essential to identity in our culture. To have your identity taken from you has to be one of the most cruel acts that human can carry out against human.

[@Vegan123]

As an Irish person you should also know how 'The English' practiced their methods in Ireland first. Enslaved 'Red Shanks' sent off to the Barbadoes. Strip the land of indigenous wood for ship building. Take the land and rent it back to the natives. There was no understanding of 'Rent' in Ireland so much so that when they had no money to pay they used to say 'Tá me in arrears' (I am in arrears). Language and culture outlawed.

[@robertdore9592]

Indian's aren't the only ones harmed by the British Empire, the Caribbean is merely a series of slave islands.

[@mickeywhyte4331]

Just think about was done to africans, my name is Whyte, a black man whose name whyte, my maternal grand father was Evens, Scottish or Welch, he was àlmost white but nothing about my african ancestry. Historically i am lost man.

[@geraleneholder3356]

Ain't that the truth.

[@peat11]

@@mickeywhyte4331 Wake up, English people never enslaved anybody, the rich did a lot of harm in the world they got involved in a trade YES A TRADE they bought slaves bought bought bought not captured Africa had been selling its own people into slavery for centuries. But in the end they ended it and in the U.S. SOME PEOPLE LAID DOWN THEIR LIFE TO END IT. We ordinary English people take the blame for what the RICH people did when we were not that much better off than you, why blame us I do not think poor Africans sold slaves it was obviously wealthy Africans money is the root of all evil. LOST maybe but how????.

[@3kneeboi]

I am from the Caribbean. I have great respect for my ancestors. One of my uncle's mother was impregnated by the son of the plantation owner. She was thrown out into the streets when her pregnancy was known. He grew up in the streets barefoot and dirt poor. Being half caste he was neither white nor Indian but he embraced his Indian heritage and even learned to speak Hindi. Today he is a very successful businessman and quite well off. God is good and merciful.

[@amandaa3713]

@3knee Indian descendants in those far flung place should be proud of maintaining their cultural heritage.

[@paenu]

what is caste?

[@dharmascan]

​@@paenuit is the power of caste that this people are still living and thriving. (Anyway if you are not Indian Hindu you won't understand it. It is like trying to make understand Racism to a Indian student).

[@SG-iu9ge]

Crazy how these people did this, to all of us. But we still love them. Stockholm syndrome is real.

[@robertdore9592]

You've made a great point.

[@thefactisfactis]

Well said mate.

[@blokcomNativeFaces]

Crazy how no one wants to talk about how much more brutal slavery was under Islam and how much longer they had a system of slavery.

[@joemamaobama6863]

Maybe because it’s been a very long time and modern day Brits arent responsible?

[@jita14]

COMMON-WEALTH!

[@rosemariepersaud718]

This is extremely heartbreaking for me as a Guyanese East Indian( coolie ) it’s terribly sad to learn of the suffering of these innocent people ..my ancestors 😭😢🙏🏽

[@rohith_2255]

What you meant by East Indian? You are Simply Indian

[@swamiboo9375]

Love and peace from Bombay...

[@badmibadstr8888]

Im indian jamaican and alway wanted to kno more about my ancestors how we got to the carribbean this documentary open my eyes .....and why more indepth teaching of this history in school ?

[@demonfighter4476]

Love from india 🇮🇳

[@kengray3450]

I'm Jamaican and a descendant from the enslaved African and the indentured Asian 100% Jamaican and proud of my roots, P.S. If you haven't had the opportunity to travel to Africa, it will make you a better person. Love Africa one day I'll make it to Asia though my heart is in the mother land. Love you MaMa Africa see you again shortly.

[@fatboy19831]

RC Geraghty. Half black American / Black Caribbean. Grate Grate grandfather on the Caribbean side was Irish.

[@007kitkit8]

you are one fly brother!

[@ericktwelve11]

No you don't bawty buwuai.

[@audreymartin6461]

Ken Gray where in Africa

[@xiomaradedrick8697]

RC Geraghty the Irish were never slaves you people need to stop lying about this you were indentured servants that is not slavery smfh.

[@victoriatongun1775]

Best documentary ever! I am sure it took this man a lot of courage to make this documentary. This documentary needs to be shown in india because they are still suffering from mental slavery. Its good to know your history no matter how awful and in human that was so you can truly honor your ancestors who endured all that so you can be where your are today. My fellow Indians, don't be ashamed from that. Endangered laborers is a fantasy word for slavery. It debilitate you from having a power to fight for justice that's why most Indians never fought or revolted against the systemic slavery their ancestors endured. You can call blacks all the names you want, but they are the strongest people ever. They fought slavery and are not ashamed to tell their stories. They paved the way for injustice to be brought to light. For me endangered is even worst because the Indians think they are better because they are getting paid ( if you considered that a pay) while in reality its a system to create a division between the Indians slaves and the Africans slaves not to unite against the British colony because one slave thinks he is better then the other, but in British mind BOTH ARE THE SAME= SLAVES. Education means nothing if you don't have the knowledge.

[@sugarplumzredz7308]

Victoria Tongun well said Victoria you’ve hit the nail right on the head , this has been happening for a long time and still to this day certain people think they are better than others but forget their ancestors suffered the same didn’t matter about skin colour or hair texture we are all the same , both sides of my ancestors suffered at other human being hands

[@katieboodhoo6491]

Wonderfully put Victoria. It's the divide and conquer mentality. Quick we need a diversion to keep the Indians and Africans from uniting against us said British forces. Indian indentured labourers pay smitterines, loose the shackles, pit against African slaves. British we solved our problem- brillant, absolutely brilliant! The British Empire was so WICKED! No need, absolutely none, to be ashamed of the suffering the indentured endured. With pride I say, as a descendant of indentured labourers, my ancestors were tricked and exploited. Shame on the colonizers that took advantage of my ancestors. No shame on us. I'm so so happy we are facing the reality; our ancestors were gravely wronged and it's high time we set the record right on that.

[@Nina5144]

Read your history matey

[@vcsamuels25]

And I truly believe that because the Indian people were paid, allowed to come as a family (as African people were separated from their's ) and the Indians were also allowed to take/practice their religion were as African people weren't.

[@MrIkhokho]

Victoria, you said it all. A brilliant piece in few words. "One of my good friend said, in a reggae rhythm: If you know your history, then you will know where you're coming from. Soul stirring documentary. Thanks for the effort 👍

[@sammysammy7666]

My great grandfather was from India. Thank you Sir for sharing. Means alot to me

[@MissIceQueen2]

This is one of the best documentaries I have seen bring tests to my eyes

[@hrh-PanF]

@Donna Reid - it is "tears" not "tests".

[@bobmarley965]

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[@ajmalcosman46]

I am a descendent of an Indian indentured labourer from Mauritius, to see what we have achieved and how we begun is remarkable, we are not perfect, but proud the ancestors for sacrificing their life for us.

[@ganeshsookram4287]

Yes our ancestors stories may not have a great beginning but their sacrifice to push forward to make a better future for us and now in these distance lands form India we are doctors, lawyers, politicians, president, engineers and teachers. One love from Guyana

[@tahira1]

Indentured servants were people who without their knowledge had consented to be slaves.

[@MrJm323]

"....who without their knowledge had consented..." That is the self-contradictory nonsense the BBC is peddling. There is no such thing as "consented without knowledge", just like there is no such thing as "wage slavery" -- another bit of socialist bullshit.

[@adjjal]

@@MrJm323 they gave their consent to the british, on forms that they couldnt read/understand, so it was unknowingly on their behalf. The consent was technically given but they didnt fully know what they were agreeing to. They didnt know the full deal of what they were getting into is what im tryna say, so in this context that statement actually does make sense

[@MrJm323]

@@adjjal ....No, rather it is the typical condescending attitude of socialist elites towards the "common man" -- such as that he doesn't know what he is doing when he takes a loan from a payday lender, etc. The indentured servants knew what was happening just as much as the white British workingman understood when he enlisted in the army or the navy of the time. Nobody is going to say that the British Army or Navy was filled with "slaves", even though back then as well as today it is a form of indentured servitude. (You can't just quit the military after you've signed an enlistment contract. Those who go absent without permission are "AWOL", and if they are gone for more than thirty days AWOL, they are "deserters" and go to prison.) The British didn't "re-invent slavery", as indentured servitude had existed in British law long BEFORE colonial slavery; and even many poor whites had become indentured laborers and skilled artisans in the 17th and 18th centuries to get free passage to the colonies of the New World. ....So, why would the BBC decide that it only was slavery when "people of colour" signed these contracts in the 19th century?

[@shammiadavid2885]

Tahira1 Slaves never got compensated. They were sold and their offerings were sold at a blink! Indentured servants were actually paid or more so they were working off a debt. They were indentured servants in the Caribbean including Guyana from India, they were being paid but many revolted because of the low wage. NOTE THE DIFFERENCE!!!!!!

[@samono7726]

@@MrJm323 In your fiercely desperate attempt to underplay and refute the facts in this documentary, and impertinent attitude towards the original Post forming this thread, you have managed to exposed your ignorance. But being ignorant isn't always a problem, but when you're arrogantly ignorant, then it is a problem. What is worse is the obvious fact that you're triggered by the statement that "the British re-invented slavery", and that the Indians consent were obtained without knowledge of what they are getting themselves into. You speak like you have never heard the term "misrepresentation". As a conservative myself, I find it repulsive when people play the race card or the slave card, but I equally hate it when people get triggered and defensive whenever the issue of racism or slavery comes up, all because they feel uncomfortable, or a feeling of guilt is aroused.

[@ad8369]

What is being done to preserve these immigrants' record for future generations who may wished to know their past and it is up to Indians to take this initiative and somehow preserve these records.

[@evonnejames6548]

The Windrush generations’ records apparently was destroyed accidentally on purpose to facilitate their children and children’s deportation but more importantly to further hide “Black People’s contributions and presence in this country “a major crime of this Century” (21st) disgusting racism at its finest

[@maxinewarnest894]

@@evonnejames6548 There is a lot of ignorance in England about this time in history despite wide speard knowledge of Gandhi and many movies depicting Indian servants. Which seems inconsistent. The dots haven't been joined up in their minds I guess.

[@kamalabissember]

Makes my heart bleeds. My great grandparents and grandparents were from India. My great grandmother was abducted from home under the pretext that her husband was involved in an accident and the overseer would be taking her to him. She had two children a son and a daughter. The son was the older of the two so she asked her neighbor to babysit him and she took the daughter and went with the, "White Man." He put her on a ship and shipped her off to British Guiana. She was ill the entire journey to British Guiana. She was made to take her baby daughter to the cane fields and cut cane. The advantage taken on these people were really sad. My father despised the British and especially, the king and the entire royal family. British Guiana taxes were sent to England. British Guiana was't being developed because all the taxes after all expenses were met, was sent to England so they could further develop that country. After all these countries and islands gained independence, British Guiana, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, etc., those places started progressing at a slow rate. Up to now, British Guiana, which is now Guyana is the poorest country in South America. The majority of inhabitants left Guyana and migrated to England, Canada and the USA. Of course the suffering started again because to come to a strange land and start over took much courage. These were mostly East Indians. Now, the white man can't keep them back. They're progressing in leaps and bounds.

[@marset.designsplus3813]

Guyana have discovered oil. I pray they are divinely guided ‼️♥️👋🏾🇹🇹

[@Bibi-xn5rn]

I don't agree with you Guyana is not the poorest country in the Caribbean. Sorry you should visit Guyana see how people are living.

[@richardramfire3971]

@@Bibi-xn5rn yes. It is true you can google it. I believe it is not the poorest anymore but second or third.

[@NarasimhanMG]

Subramanay Bharati, the great Tamil poet, has written exactly similar stories about women being told of husband's accident, abducted and sent to Fiji. Such a shock to see this similar experience being told here. For your great grandmother - Om Shanthi.

[@PraetorianGuardsUK]

The love of money is truly the root of all kinds of evils.

[@nadiapepperpot7474]

Money isn't evil. People are evil.

[@benreiltd.2528]

Naw, people have billions and billions and still want more even though they can't spend the first 40 to 50 billion dollars in their lifetime. Now think of people just killing others and poisoning them, raping others. They aren't getting any monies yet the are sick inhuman piles of waste.

[@somitpal5906]

PraetorianGuardsUK it's not love buddy, it's greed.

[@dontchastop]

Yes, and evil is being committed right now for this concept -- it's just different types of evils.

[@shafondasheppard6543]

There's nothing wrong with having money!!!

[@keinellgarcia1994]

I'm from Trinidad 🇹🇹 A mix of both African and Indian ❤

[@johnnyblaze2257]

So!

[@Freedom4PalestineEndZioNazism]

Cool brother. I have five ethnicities. Have friends from Trinidad. Cool people 😎

[@andycumberbatch4140]

So true and let indo and afro Caribbean people see each other as victims of the wicked European regime and not hating each other while loving the enemy.

[@NarasimhanMG]

"Roots" was a novel that shook me. Kunta kinte is such a memorable character. Now I see that Indians have a parallel story. No matter what happened the accounting by historians and the struggle against degradation is worth remembering in detail.

[@normasinghchand6396]

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[@wyndhleodumegwu253]

+wyndhl eodumegwu Should be read thus: ...CHAMPION AGAINST "RACISM"... not "OF" racist; but "AGAINST" racism - Mahatma Gandhi was!

[@stevenmutumbo5477]

Was a very moving movie they stopped so many movies for Mau Mau vs British to be shown till 2060 untill we all die .Rape....... sad killings

[@nancyjerningan4057]

Heart breaking.They forgot to mention the whip.

[@browneyedgirl4268]

My great-grandfather was one of these coolies, arrived in Jamaica in the late 19th century. I bet those poor people didn't know what they were signing up for.

[@Aritul]

browneyedgirl4268 That's one of the saddest things about the whole situation to me. To be taken from your home not knowing that you will never return.

[@Ryan-jk5xn]

Hi same like me. You have email? Can We connect?

[@nwatson2773]

browneyedgirl4268 I have Indian ancestry that came to Jamaica.

[@jenniferm634]

They were juzt looking for work like what farm workers do these days lite pay or not y is it europeans alwasys want people to work for nothing s ven now no god wages are paid

[@jenniferm634]

Not even now they dont want to payfair wages

[@kandeedawood9806]

I am from South africa. My forefathers came from India to work on the sugar cane farms. They were called collies. They worked from sunrise to sunset.

[@lhl9010]

oh like all farmers do even today

[@thegoodjinn8065]

Britain's treatment of India was terrible.Not only these "Coolies" being slaves but famines that killed millions and billions stolen in wealth.For those who say "we gave India railways," those railways were to transport products around the country not for Indians.

[@dovetail90]

manofonyx2 Absolutely agree. This is their shameful legacy right around the planet ... stealing indigenous lands. Using their populations for free labour. They weren't there to help that's for sure. Well, they were actually there to help themselves. To everything.

[@tsalagimangoisrael8367]

The uk waSSp should follow their own advice regarding Israel. Why are the British so intent on creating a land locked nation in the West Bank? How small does the uk waSSp want Israel to be while its descendants possess territories from North America the Caribean to Australia

[@tsalagimangoisrael8367]

You seem like a decent person.

[@tsalagimangoisrael8367]

I am Cherokee. Your ancestors killed many of mine. The word Cherokee or Tsalagi; " chalagi" is actually a Choctaw word for "cave-land-people". The Delawares called the tribe the same thing, but their word is "Tallageni", the root of Allegheny. Cherokee is the way the uk wasp chose to pronounce Tsalagi.

[@tsalagimangoisrael8367]

Ge ga naqwa unali I go now friend

[@jameswills6320]

Wow, I am British, most British people know nothing of this. Of course we know about slavery as it is taught in schools. When I was a very young man I was sent to British Guiana as a soldier during the trouble in 1964/1965. I can recall a police corporal called King a large blackman, at the police station in a place called Wismar referring to East Indians as coolies. I thought it was a racial slur. I wish I had seen this before I went there. I can remember the terrible poverty. We had very little contact with the people unless it was in the course of our duty. I have since had some doubts about Britains roll in what went on at that time. I do know I was a pawn in a very dirty game.

[@donmohameduvais3117]

the role of witch of British empire ( sorry for unparlimentry word ) Rothschild and other banking family made evil today's wealth of London is from others not from English people only guns they pay to buy wealth.

[@jameswills6320]

I hope you understand that now I am an old man and no longer a soldier and wiser I think slavery was a terrible crime. I was very young and ordinary people did not know because in those days we were not told and there was no way to find out. Even in BG they moved us every 6 weeks so we did not make friends with the local people. I was moved from Mackenzie to Port Mourant, to Rose Hall Canje, Georgetown, to Leonora and Atkinson Field and other places I've forgotten.

[@donmohameduvais3117]

+James Wills I know so only I appalled word sorry as I did to my father or grand pa the pain is much . look people of Kashmir don't know why should they pay for England's mistake genocide of tamil the very old race. of universe . educate your people that's your duty to end cruelty of Rothschilds England's government .

[@yvonnecamacho7144]

The Englishlike to rewrite/omit history; that's why you never learned about it.

[@nadiapepperpot7474]

Real slavery was never taught in school.

[@rnjan99]

This documentary is arresting, moving and informative. I wish to thank all those responsible for the production of this incredible piece. I just ran into this by accident. Very few know of this - so it needs to be publicised! I, a Guyanese of Indian descent, am fascinated by what I've learned. Having spent decades living in India, the Kala Pani experience has become more alive. Thankx again!

[@Aritul]

Dave Bhoj You took the words out of my mouth.

[@sarfeastlondoner]

I agree, just seen it.. Am of Trinidadian Indian.. Born in London.

[@demonfighter4476]

Lots of love from india 🇮🇳

[@lalithdas2093]

BE STRONG AND STAY UNITED. NEVER FORGET YOUR HISTORY & CULTURE. LOTS OF LOVE FROM MOTHER INDIA. SATHYAMEVA JAYATHE.

[@thedandywarhol5729]

My great-great-grandad came to Mauritius in 1858 at the age of 12....nothing but respect for him...

[@kay22k15]

How heartbreaking 💔 when that older woman in Guyana spoke of loosing all her kids to sickness, so sad.

[@JuanHorn]

I’m so sad watching this right now. It’s so heartbreaking.

[@newworldmedianewworldmedia3388]

Brings tears to my eyes ! The scars and hurt left behind by the empire building are so deep and incurable yet there has been a collective silence and swept under the carpet . Many of the tensions and problems today happening across the world when you scratch deeper in history are underpinned by this history !

[@donnah5378]

My great grandfather’s parents were indentured laborers. My great grandfather married an African woman. They lived in Guyana. He was a pandit ( holy man) in Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara. Thx for info. 👍🏾

[@marcusf6846]

Donna H my grandfather’s parents were from there and came to Jamaica!

[@faithfulness22]

🇬🇾👑

[@nitinmishra7770]

Pundit birbahadur daughter Albion village I mate her at Mumbai 2018

[@bobmarley965]

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[@kamalabissember]

I still ask how human beings can be so cruel to another human being?

[@khalidmuhammad6134]

Kamala Bissember You must start with the rich knowledge of self ", The hidden knowledge of who you are is the knowledge of God. Knowing also that you are the one from whom all others come ' , GRafting of the white man is not new , this took place as it Tell's us on the Isle of patmos ," another name is Pat mos which is in the Agean sea off the coast of Greace, this experience of grafting from the Original Black man, A blonde headed European who is the end of these 5 five colors that adorn this planet today. You are unaware of what your origin is in the world and thereby there has been a concerted effort by European people to keep this knowledge away from black you black people,"Why don't they want you to listen to Elijah Muhammad? Or his student Farrakhan? because it will take away the Vail of white supremacy and who they truly are. The Messenger and Savior they can'not defeat in this " We are the beginning of everything" ,all of the people on this planet. THEY all come from the Original Black man .This is supreme knowledge,Wisdom from the Supreme Being who has raised up in our midst a Messenger with his message to the Blackman and woman .my people are destroyed for the lack of knowledge.

[@chestchirecateyes]

Answer is simple... perception, perception.... perceive them as less than ...

[@MJ-hg1mk]

Create a narrative that makes them less that human. And "other". That is how.

[@Nina5144]

Sadly that was the way then - powerful nations did this (France Spain Portugal and US too. It’s history- even more frightening is that this continues in Eastern Europe parts of Africa inc Somalia,and South America they should know better now in this day and age

[@Sandrae7560]

Sadly, it all about money. Follow the money...it alls leads to greed😔😔

[@davidsdean]

“Intelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden...” ― Marcus Garvey

[@Dumpreligiondumppolitocs]

Well if it was the case then where is Britain today..wagging its tail in front of islamists. Still they won't spare her. Karma returned.

[@mrek2068]

I am a descendent of an Indian indentured labourer. India, via Trinidad, and born in the UK. I am so proud of my descendents. It was a momentous decision to leave home, and family, but poverty is a great driver to seek a better life for all. Britain is responsible for so much suffering over the centuries. My respect goes out to all those tortured souls.

[@javed6487]

I am descendant to indentured labour but I was born and raised in trinidad.......I have a question, have they ever taught u about this in school a bcuz I never knew about this, my older cousin told me about this once and that is how I knew of this, I went to an Indian primary school and I heard of this once when I was 8 or 9 years old😔 its sad how we aren't taught these stuff

[@yihanfelix6183]

@@javed6487 : yes it is taught in Caribbean History class. I learned about Indian indenturship and also the Chinese were brought to Trinidad as indentured workers.

[@clivebates8561]

@@javed6487 and what do you think of the British establishment now, are they better now?

[@niranjaninaicker1801]

As a South African Thamizhan, we rose from indentured labourers,to market gardeners, to teachers, lawyers and doctors and this generation are high flyers around the globe.With 2 degrees and 2 diplomas,I pulled my family out of stall sellers, fighting apartheid and educating our children and community.The vicious laws and group areas act by the Durban City council further pushed us into poverty...We survived because of education and community upliftment.Britain and other colonisers who did their deeds to enrich their progeny must make reparations, give back looted treasures. Stop paying homage to the British Rogue Royalty.

[@PrakashDannie]

Great Documentary. The records need to be digitized and hard copies preserved.

[@lovedichoreo1529]

Indentured Servitude was used to serve colonialism and its interests. It is still a term used in Jamaica

[@QueenAmaal]

I wish that who watches this video pays some respect to those lost lives and great injustice that has not ended as we watch this history today, slavery changes the outfit throughout the time but remains. This is worth reflection.

[@JuanHorn]

Agreed

[@RaiRaiBrown]

Here in America the Indian people I know are kind, intelligent, hardworking and family oriented. Really good people who don't cause any trouble, they contribute to alot of positive aspects of American life as Human Service providers, Doctors and Business owners too.

[@robertdore9592]

They just want to get on; we as Black people used to be like this before the perversions of the welfare system and the misplaced self deprecating pride of rap and hip hop.

[@theallseeingeye9388]

@@robertdore9592 its a mistake to equate the trajectory of Black Americans with the Indians migrating from India to US in the last 20 odd years. The Indians taking up greencards and citizenship in the US are literally the creme of the crop graduating from top tier universities in India. Their progress in America cannot be equated with the experience of American Blacks directly as both ethnic groups made America home under very different circumstances.

[@thebaaz1]

But they are mostly linked with RSS and are known Muslim haters

[@dharmascan]

​@@theallseeingeye9388very true. Yesterday I was watching two Indian parents discussing the same and introspecting their children future. Well they said Indian parenting vs west parenting is different. And we the Hindus have got two goddesses of wealth (Lakshmi) and education (Saraswati). And there are other gods goddesses though.

[@yuchenliu2676]

The word 'coolie' stemed from a Chinese word 苦力, which literally means hard labour.

[@fridgemagnet9831]

I heard it's from tamil kuli meaning getting paid for small jobs.

[@thearcanum6983]

@@fridgemagnet9831 It has varying theorised origins. Another is that it derives from a Turkic word meaning 'slave'

[@fridgemagnet9831]

@@thearcanum6983 I see.

[@qamc9560]

Thank you. I have wanted to know more about my Indian heritage for a long time. My family was vague regarding our history, be it shame or solitude. I am grateful to have discovered this information.

[@primalfroststudio6178]

This is sad, I can't believe there are ppl on this video justifying the horrors these ppl went through as human beings.

[@Inkulabi]

still goes on in the form of debt slavery ,all based on fiat currency and bubbles and crony capitalism

[@taranecunoscutul3648]

really? then..keeping the same line, how do you think u can afford the good life that u living today, while in africa many still die of hunger? did u ever think about that while you com out with this idiotics questions?

[@jascam1]

The British Empire and Monarchy who benefitted greatly from India's stolen labor should be made to repay the Indian people

[@cearense526]

Nada a ver

[@freespirit1727]

@@cearense526 Abre tus ojos

[@cearense526]

@@freespirit1727 fui irônico, amigo

[@frenchshittrashyfrenc2580]

thank you for posting this forgotten history the british are trying to make us forget.

[@davidcraig7771]

We got to move on.

[@koolpurps7738]

CrooK Apu thinks he was a slave chill pill is needed.

[@koolpurps7738]

David Craig Indentured is not a slave same as my Irish ancestors who been through it. Google you will see contracts and land given even.

[@ns538]

David Craig “we got to move on” fuck off mate

[@Nina5144]

Don’t talk nonsense- the history of slavery and indenture wasn’t carried out by Britain alone. Heck out history of Spain, France, Portuguese- all powerful nations at the time. Luckily Britain headed the campaign to abolish slavery

[@mrt8944]

The old lady's tale was really heart breaking 💔

[@qolspony]

Thank you so much for making and uploading this video. Now my thoughts are clear of how Indians got to these places.

[@AnupInToronto]

answer is just by changing name from slave to indentured labor

[@AnupInToronto]

Yes , we people of colour always suffered

[@petcharles1971]

+lamarcus A.K.A Night Train the Trucker Griffin You are joking right? You believe that an Indian person from a land of caste system will join forces with Blacks who they consider inferior? Surely, you jest.

[@masakali1974]

Vlavitir glutginskiya that’s a not true! In Guyana the culture and language varies by region not race!

[@chestchirecateyes]

What's in a name, right? Wrong ... a rose by any other name is still a rose, Shakespeare.

[@Ryan-jk5xn]

@Vlavitir glutginskiya African traditional concepts are similar to hinduism. You both are more common than uncommon.

[@davelove6235]

Today A British person thinks they are so dominant! Know it all and so unexplainable

[@jasminehasan890]

Most of them don't know their own history...

[@AlexRichie]

Good documentary I can appreciate it being uploaded

[@mscardioqueen]

Why are people saying this is a forgotten history? To who? The majority of black people, especially West Indians know of this history. White people you're taught what white educators want you to know. Personally, I think Indians are too embarrased to talk about it.

[@maryamkim1281]

No, black people in the Caribbean are not versed in Indo-Caribbean history by and large. They don't know what Indian groups came, what part of India (present day Pakistan or Bangladesh's or Afghanistan?), what languages they spoke or what their experiences were like.

[@maryamkim1281]

And why would Indians be too embarrassed to talk about it? Explain yourself.

[@illicitwun]

@@maryamkim1281 as half East Indian and half Indo Caribbean I do get the feeling that desis downplay it, perhaps something to do with shame. They’re only taught that ppl were tricked into servitude, not about those who were kidnapped or sold.

[@jessiesmith2904]

No we are not embarrassed.

[@jayrockstedy9890]

No indain is embarrased indains mostly accept it as part of life.

[@unknownindian6531]

Very informative We must remember this when we hear English take a holier than thou attitude when dealing with others

[@maheshkashyap7638]

Hallo! Namaste All I am Mahesh Kashyap from India state Haryana near to delhi. I am watching girmatiya's video since 2008 when i met a Trindad girl on Yahoo Massanger and after that we are still friends on Facebook. As i research you all living in fiji, guyana, trinidad etc all ancestors are from up, bihar state. These two state are still poor state. You must proud of your great grand parents who sacrifice their whole life and give you a better future. Many people are now in top positions in that countries. Indian culture is still alive in these countries after long period.They worked very hard. I salute them from bottom of my heart.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@col.col.1164]

Lots of love all the way from India

[@imandecor]

it is so crazy how Indian people can be so racist against black people when this is their history. I am Jamaican and I have some Indian ancestry but I know that Indian people would never accept me as one of them smdh

[@TrickyDeeGil]

Have you also noticed how all non-white races desire to be approved as worthy 2nd class citizens of this world, by looking down on the black man and up on the white man? How does anyone live happily knowing they are 2nd class citizens of this world? It is not just the Indians who are racist against black people.

[@matthewmann8969]

Umslopogaas And Black's look down on Khoisan's and Pygmies.

[@budlebowski6614]

M Iman mi rass a look like dem and wouldn't accept me either lol had a convo wit some Indian fella and he kept on telling me I'm not Indian lmao bruh so what the fuck am I? Lmao dese people on a non existent level of superiority, I'm talkin bout people from india not coolies lmao

[@coolieos32]

matthew mann and ethipoians/somalis have looked down on bantus for at least 1000 years

[@mobidickahlam]

M Iman no bantu is a western invention they classifie language .ethiopian and somali have nothing do to with this term is white people who spread racism and creat hate against the so called bantu bantu is a linguistic classification by white people

[@dunique26]

I have learned something new today. I never learned about this in school. Wht a surprise, NOT .. Thank you for uploading this.

[@rufdymond]

Well I always told my kids, school will give them the foundation, the tools, but if you want to become truly educated, you have to do that outside school. School is there to teach you things that will prepare you to maintain the status quo, that’s it, nothing more than that......if you want to expand your knowledge of the world, you have to do that for yourself.

[@jamescoughlan9881]

As a historical documentary this was excellent! Thank you very informative!

[@proudfijian511]

Good Video.......just a thought came to my mind......we could have blood relatives in Trinidad,Guyana,Mauritius ,Suriname and Fiji.Think about it ,when the bloody British took our ancestors to these countries , they may have separated family members,who may have gone on separate voyages to these countries and started a new beginning and may never have met again....hopefully there is enough logs or records to help us find our roots back in India.

[@jacenath8197]

My great grandmother from six or so generations ago was kidnapped from kerala, India and was separated from her husband and family. She was pregnant with twins when she was kidnapped and ended up having her kids in Fiji. Our family stayed in Fiji and became a government power, but eventually migrated to the U.S.

[@jacenath8197]

+Baby T are you from Trinidad or Fiji? I just recently learned that my maternal great grandfather was actually born as an Indo-Trinidadian before he went to Fiji. We also have some family directly from those islands.

[@ri-rim2133]

My dads side of the family were East Indian but sent to Trinidad before the 1900's my nan is native of the island half black with Spanish & his dad was half black & East Indian they came to Britain in the early 1950's

[@indofiji100]

Baby T Hey girl!!!

[@indofiji100]

Namaste to you to!

[@PriyankaSharma-cw2jb]

In ancient time India was called golden bird . British looted India.

[@balkaranmahabir8557]

U r soo correct

[@sarojakrieg4780]

peace lover now we have government to loot India

[@Vamanaswastika]

Well the Maharaja's were tempted into being British men and woman. The English didn't have to work hard to convince them to trade their wealth in return to learning the British lifestyle. Of course England is rich because of robbing India and Africa. Sadly, the African Kings and Queens did the same thing. Trading their own people to the Americans and Europeans as slaves to gain further wealth and becoming "white".

[@simonsimon2888]

When a man is poor he is 'more subservient' of his hardships. As long as he has something to fill his stomach he is contented. In all races of humanity there will be always the good and the bad even in one's own race.

[@leelkuepper1479]

Its terrible what our ancestors have been through, Ghandi,great person, stand up for humanity.May god bless his soul.

[@catholiccrusader5328]

GOD did.

[@harshrai840]

Gandhi was the most evil man born in india. A british agent,a traitor.

[@beanzpab5918]

They DNt teach you about this in school first time I’ve herd of this

[@masakali1974]

Beanz Pab where are you from?

[@Nina5144]

We were taught it

[@The-Perfect1]

@@masakali1974 judging by his spelling he didn't attend much

[@robertdore9592]

That is because they are ashamed.

[@gwinam4253]

I am choking up looking at this!

[@ichelllionessichelllioness287]

My story, my people grandfather, grandmother were some of the people put on the ship 😥

[@MsDamnfool2010]

This is heartbreaking!! Dear British Empire, how could you be so entitled?! You have a responsibility to these displaced people, whom you've displaced.

[@shanealarcon7928]

Rose Adibpour I knw rite I gran mom told us these stories how they got to Belize

[@Curi0u50ne]

Rose Adibpour yep come to engerland and join the low pay high tax labour market with diminishing labours rights

[@K_A86]

Every time I watch this I get This uncomfortable lump in my throat . Somewhere between Anger , hurt and pure sadness for what our ancestors went through

[@lhl9010]

long ago far away nothing to make reparations for

[@lhl9010]

@@Curi0u50ne with housing, food, health care, schooling, whinning is not attractive

[@sarahbyrne8501]

The British empire was and still is responsible for so much pain. Dreadful.

[@respectknuckles428]

we are changing that

[@judyyee4163]

Thank you...same situation for rubber plantation workers in peninsula Malaya.

[@fridgemagnet9831]

Yeah, Singapore's old civil buildings were built by Indian prisoners

[@AnupInToronto]

People of colour always suffered brothers

[@davidcraig7771]

Irish were treated horribly as well.

[@LADYG-gl1jx]

David Craig not half as bad as Black and Brown people. Quit your deflection.

[@taraquinch1256]

Exactly.

[@michellemykelhouse1590]

Partiality is causiality period!

[@dontjustbeanotherbrickinthewal]

If you knew it was the black nobility who runs england don't let skin color fool you, black Moors went into Africa and took slaves but some were sold by other africans. Google Moor coat of arms in germany.

[@maxwellhurlock8246]

two of my great great grandparents were indentured immigrants from India, specifically Bihar and Bengal

[@esmemohabir6891]

These people went through terrible situations looking back on the history of our people that are our descendants it’s very hurtful what the British did to them.

[@lhl9010]

let it go and look at what people are doing today we can't change the past but we can change today and tomorrow

[@aryaan9]

Thank you for uploading I learned a lo from this about my history in Guyana.

[@narkelnaru2710]

Thank you for posting this documentary.

[@desertrose128]

I wish a movie would be made.

[@oushasinanan9517]

The history of the Slave Trade and Indentured Labour should be taught at schools worldwide.

[@observantgeezer3292]

History? There are slave markets currently running in north Africa.

[@nasserderakhshan3211]

Wow, the best documentary ever.

[@The1ByTheSea]

Indian coolies were sent to Guyana,Trinidad ,to a lesser degree to Jamaica and Belize; to the island of Mauritius ,to Fiji ,to The Seychelles , Madagascar ,to Durban,South Africa ,to a lesser degree to East Africa : Mombassa.Kenya,Uganda,Rhodesia,Tanzania and some even to the United States :Georgia etc and Australia

[@kingpro192]

@3:50 how about produce the sugar your damn selves. Amazing how lazy these people were.

[@soozanaabdul3333]

The British Crown made laws for these people over 100 years ago, some countries still abides by these laws, they even own the natural resources underground on people, properties and pay them pittance. The Government of some of the Carribbean Islands still abides by these laws today and uses it to control and manipulate the citizen, even into sedition.

[@RaiRaiBrown]

I would like them to be more outspoken about their history I'd like to see more Indian Pride, they have survived and thrived all over the world.

[@shakamellow5224]

i strongly agree with you. where are you from.

[@javed6487]

I'm just learning about this.......my family seldom spoke of this not even in my school.....I am definitely proud of my heritage🙏🏽🇹🇹

[@ajrwilde14]

I wish I had learnt this at school! I am homeschooling my future children God-willing; school is a joke.

[@taesung6626]

British government should or have to pay compensatation to these people there wealth which they have made by walking on others body other blood sweat . How british government still can say they are figthing for justice peace

[@SherekaBrowne]

I am have no Indian ancestry at all but want to chime in. Now I know where the term “coolie” originated from but I want to give you some insight of it in reference to Jamaica specifically. If you are fully Indian then you are identified as Indian, but if you are Indian mixed with something else, mostly black, you are identified as “coolie”. So the term is not used as its original definition. Now just as biracial people are looked at as being more desirable (whether you want to admit it or not), coolies are very desirable in Jamaica. One petty reason is the idea that your offsprings will be beautiful because of the mix. So the term is not used negatively in Jamaica but more positively. If someone ask you if you are a coolie in Jamaica, most people take as a compliment.

[@Skylightatdusk]

I never realized the origin of the word 'coolie' until now. Wow!

[@desertrose128]

Even the Indians from India to this day disrespect Indians from the diaspora.

[@Ramdai-i4h]

I AGREE!

[@dollyseepersad5900]

God bless you. I hope you found your ancestor's place of birth. This is victory and pathway for all indians of indentured servants, like myself. Wish I could find where my great grandmother came.God bless.

[@pallavmaurya6218]

Your surname is Prasad which is common in us Indians in eatern part (uttar pradesh,bihar region) so there u go

[@Diamondraw4Real]

People signed a doc they didn't understand.

[@AshaEll]

Many countries and people had to suffer for the actions of particular Britain leaders.

[@azardb]

A+, great true presentation of actual events made so clear. Interesting to know at what point in the viewing one smiled, cried, felt like sick in the stomach or just had to go excrete! Totally helps with a piece of the puzzle of current conditions! We sweet too!

[@DebasisGhoshwbls]

Very informative and touching.

[@judgejury5276]

+Debasis Ghosh ?

[@sabeerrostone2845]

I’m from Mauritius I live in the UK, but this history people do not know in this country. I am the sixth generation born in Mauritius. Great great grandfather from India.

[@jitendraprakash6063]

❤️🇮🇳🙏 If anyone here from decent of them please connect me. India welcome you

[@shanealarcon7928]

Jitendra Prakash thanks bro my gran mom was vida bahadur

[@shanealarcon7928]

Sure I wish to visit my home country one day

[@shanealarcon7928]

We have Indian comping now to Belize where I live n they don’t care for their own people they disown us

[@royalpounds]

My father told me my his forefathers what from Calcutta India but now they reside in Jamaica and now and then from there we are half and United States but I always wondered about my descendants where I came from where they came from and we are mixed with African blood to

[@shakamellow5224]

I am from Jamaica but i went to India and i realized that india has contributed a lot to Jamaica. When i was their i saw all the fruits herbs and spices.also the cooking methods such as curry.

[@simonsimon2888]

The civil infrastructured buildings, drainages, bridges and street lamp-posts were built in Singapore during the British colonial days. The Chinese went for the commerce while the Malays were the local farmers and fishermen.

[@eastflix]

Where can I meet the maker of this film ?

[@CedricSmith-un6vm]

I love this video it is really really nice to listen to this history being told. I love thee people in this Documentary.

[@theesleekgeek73]

Hey guys. Please do not use this video as a platform to fuel racial division and hatred among Africans and Indians. Please understand the concept and history this video offers. Hopefully, we can all establish peace and comraderie as humanity and move forward to learn to love and respect each other in spite of our differences. However, if I might, I shall further clarify that indentureship was indeed a modernized slavery. Remember, African slavery was abolished in Great Britain and North America when the slave trade then turned to India for indentured servants. Please note, the term "servant" had to be used in order for the owners to refrain from being accused of slavery, which was illegal and forbidden. They replaced African slaves. Also, not how the Indians had to sign away their rights and freedom on this document before removal to the new lands. The removal of freedom itself is enslavement. Slave owners had to be compensated- although very little money- just to uphold the status of owning indentured servants to avoid breeching law against slavery. Please review this video again and other historical documentation if you don't believe Indians were enslaved. and Today, we all have our story: Africans, Indians, Native Americans and Jews. Let's not lose sight of all that our ancestors endured by creating further division, which was a strategy used to keep us pitted in division among us all. No one is better than the next. We're all God's people.

[@wyndhleodumegwu253]

Je suis d'accord! Agreed!

[@theesleekgeek73]

Actually, I intended to state - "Note, how the East Indian indentured servants had to sign their rights thoughts away before being deployed to their respective laboring fields ". And, I also intended to further assert that - "At a extremely small rate, indentured slaves had to be 'compensated' so that the mere concept that enslavement was still bring practiced, would have been omitted since slavery have been abolished at that point". So, to compare the severity of treatments between African slaves and East Indian indentured servants is the same theory as one biting off his nose to spite his face. Bring omissive of the fact that both groups were in fact a part of the same trajectory is just being plain ignorant.

[@ryerye333]

Proud&Sleek Geek blessed love Empress! Heart of love!

[@shayonsmith]

"[being] omissive of the fact that both groups were, in fact, a part of the same trajectory is just being plain ignorant." Proud&Sleek Geek, although your intention may be good and hopefully genuine, to agree that the African/Black Slavery experience was somehow equal to the East Indian experience it 100% erroneous, misleading and is indicative of the prevailing thought which contributes to the mis-identity happening. Yes, whites had their capitalistic agenda and used humans as a resource to achieve this. Review the concept of Chattel-Slavery, not just slavery, BUT Chattel-Slavery, the activity involved in it and the results of it and then compare it to the more humane, more rewarding concept of indentureship.... Let's be honest for once ppl

[@mmdoz711]

Proud&Sleek Geek NO WE ARE NOT ALL GOD's ppl !!! Only the Blacks ! MH created us all - yes But..its a lot of Ppl who worship Satan !!! And NOT OUR LORD AND OUR SAVIOR WHO DIED FOR OUR SINS!!

[@h0ckeyd]

To be fair, Britain allowed "actual" (without calling it another name) slavery to continue in Nigeria until the 1960's. It was official policy there until then. Also, don't forget, most Britons themselves were often no more than serfs as Gandhi pointed out on his visits to the slums of London. Most couldn't read either and were often transported for virtually no reason...it was the Rich of England and sadly, they're still about. There's an MP in Dorset called Drax (sounds like a Bond bad guy right?) who owns a massive family plantation in the Bahamas and the leader of the house, one Rees-Mogg comes from slave-owner stock.

[@jaimeluisrey2963]

The British people must question their manipulated education and rethink their history

[@josef-peterroemer6235]

Good luck with that!!!!

[@rufdymond]

The British don’t want to know about their history.....well not the whole story. The only parts they are interested in are the parts they see as triumphant......

[@catholiccrusader5328]

You gonna' make 'em?

[@fauxgars736]

@@josef-peterroemer6235 right? 😂😂😂😂😂 I laugh to avoid crying

[@Bibi-xn5rn]

My great grandparents were from India . My father said they are from a patan tribe whatever that is I don't know. At present all Indian Guyanese share the same culture. I still have relative there whom I don't know.

[@cephasknight6603]

what an informative documentary! the plight of the indentured slaves. this was the beginning of racism to this present date the ignorant Indians and blacks in Guyana and Trinidad still fight against each other What a pity!

[@kumarasennaicker778]

I am a South African Indian Tamil. I have understood more about indenture from this video than what I am being informed here. I thank my fire father's for making this brave decision to seek greener pastures resulting in me having an excellent life.

[@BlueEvilDragon]

Thanks for Upload👍

[@tickedoffsheikh8587]

My ancestors came to British Guiana in December,1892 aboard the s.s. gecian They were indentured at pln. Port Mourant.

[@mizanurchowdhury9757]

Very poor record keeping of these precious documents !

[@Pilotalphapapa]

Mizanur Chowdhury the records are there but they can’t let you know that’s all the proof we need for reparations

[@amgirl4286]

As someone who has studied history for years- the reality is that the further back you go you realize all race of mankind at one point has participated in slavery- on every continent. History didn’t start 500 years ago- but many thousands of years ago. We are all mixed to an extent - and all our ancestors owned slaves somewhere. Early humans were savage in war, rape, slavery, greed, and religion. Conquering for multiple reasons was a way of life. None of our ancestors are without sin in these areas. It’s sad we continue to focus on the past and act as though we are victims now- we have issues- but mankind is better now than they have ever been.

[@elainecwint8227]

Black Jamaican. Descendant of the Maroons in the Trelawny hills. Learned very little about Indian and Chinese workers in the British school system. Never knew Indians suffered almost the same fate!! Wow!!

[@jdkodak487]

They suffered but not even close to blacks. They were given a chance to migrate. Africans weren’t given that luxury. Blacks were considered slaves their properties but everyone else were considered migrants.

[@harshrai840]

@@jdkodak487 Indians suffered more than blacks

[@LATCH22]

Very interesting. I'm South African Indian