A great-granddaughter assembles fragments of a lost history. They were recruited, duped, bribed, invited, and taken away from their families, aboard ships headed west. They were carried across the sea ...

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"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 ...

Abraham Lincoln argued Nance Legins-Costley's case before the Illinois Supreme Court. Indentured servitude, the equivalency of slavery, was allowed in Illinois. Legins-Costley lived for many years in ...

Dr Estherine Adams is Head of the Department of History and Caribbean Studies in the Faculty of Education and Humanities at the University of Guyana. Her manuscript, “The Few Among the Many: Women’s ...

A viral video of a woman calling for undocumented immigrants to serve terms as indentured servants when they arrive in the U.S. has both received backlash online and caused her to be terminated from ...

In 1754 a carpenter named Josiah Halstead purchased the Allen House in Shrewsbury. Shortly thereafter he transformed it into a tavern. At some point, Halstead had indentured servants working for him. ...

Parenting is the only job where you’re expected to be on call 24/7 without any benefits. It requires an endless balance of love, patience, and responsibility, all while putting your own needs on the ...

When slavery was outlawed in the Caribbean, indentured servitude took over. Host Michel Martin speaks with author Gauitra Bahadur. Her book Coolie... 'Coolie Woman' Rescues Indentured Women From ...