Indentured servants first arrived in America in the decade following the settlement of Jamestown by the Virginia Company in 1607. The idea of indentured servitude was born of a need for cheap labor.

Joe Nocera is the author of "Indentured: The Inside Story of the Rebellion Against the NCAA." Here he states his argument for why college athletes in men's basketball and football are treated ...

The Wall Street Journal ran a post over the weekend about a new credit crunch among low income borrowers, noting it is now 'payback time.' What they didn't go into is that their primary interviewee is ...

"Immigrant number 96153. That's how my great-grandmother was cataloged, that was the number on her immigration pass." says Gaiutra Bahadur, author of the new book Coolie Woman. Bahadur set out to ...

In the collective memory of our nation, the silent tragedy of the indentured has somehow slipped through the cracks and never really registered. But no longer, I am sure, thanks to this unforgettable ...

“When people talk of the kind of horror in today’s world that we’re seeing right now with Israel and Palestine, they must understand that human bondage and cruelty are documented in history. And yet, ...

The Indian community of South Africa has travelled a long way from their very humble beginnings as indentured labourers in ...

WHEN we think about the legacy of indentured labourers, the plants that they brought with them and these botanicals’ impact on our landscape may be the last thing that comes to our minds. Until now.

In the collective memory of our nation, the silent tragedy of the indentured has somehow slipped through the cracks and never really registered. But no longer, I am sure, thanks to this unforgettable ...