DARK TRUTH Behind Britains Great Experiment in Mauritius
DARK TRUTH Behind Britain s Great Experiment in Mauritius After taking control of Mauritius in 1810 from French, the British enacted the abolition of slavery in 1853 the Great While it was presented as a move to demonstrate the superiority of free labor over slavery in plantation colonies, it was, in reality, a ruthless social engineering scheme that left lasting scars on the Mauritian population. Over 462, 000 indentured laborers, mostly from India, but also from China, Comoros, Madagascar, Mozambique, and Southeast Asia, were brought to work in sugarcane fields between 1835 and 1914. These workers, primarily Hindu and Muslim, altered the island s social fabric. In their pursuit of profit, the British replaced one form of oppressionslaverywith another, exploiting Indian laborers who were promised freedom but instead faced harsh conditions. By importing large numbers of Indian workers, the British built the economy but ignited ethnic tensions, leading. .. Source: Gaganauts of Geopolitics t. me, geogaganauts
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