Bechu: 'Bound Coolie' Radical in British Guiana 1894-1901

by Clem Seecharan

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Clem Seecharan has written a useful documentary history of Bechu, the first Indian to testify before the Royal Commission in 1897.

Now who was this Bechu? He was, in Seecharan's words, "an indefatigable gadfly," who in letters to the local press revealed the conditions of Indian indentureship: poor wages, sexual exploitation of women by overseers and managers, and the virtual impossibility for Indians to obtain justice because of the collusion between...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:9766400717

ISBN13:9789766400712

Release Date:May 1999

Publisher:University of the West Indies Press

Length:326 Pages

Weight:0.97 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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