Indentured labor does not resolve the problems…
1852 CE to 1863 CE
Indentured labor does not resolve the problems of the plantations and the local governments in the Caribbean during the nineteenth century, but it enables the sugar plantations to weather the difficulties of the transition from slave labor.
The new immigrants further pluralize the culture, the economy, and the society.
The East Indians introduce rice and boost the local production of cacao (the bean from which cocoa is derived) and ground provisions (tubers, fruits, and vegetables).
Although some East Indians eventually convert to Christianity and intermarry with other ethnic groups, the majority remain faithful to their original Hindu and Muslim beliefs, adding temples and mosques to the religious architecture of the territories.
The Chinese move into local commerce, and, by the beginning of the twentieth century, the corner Chinese grocery store and the Chinese restaurant will have become commonplace in all the colonies.
