Legacy of Slavery and Indentured Labour

Maurits S. Hassankhan is Head of the History Department of the Faculty of Humanities at Anton de Kom University of Suriname. Lomarsh Roopnarine is Associate Professor of Caribbean and Latin American Studies at Jackson State University, United States. Cheryl White is Hoofddocent (Senior lecturer) in the Faculty of Humanities Department of History, Anton de Kom University of Suriname. Radica Mahase holds a BA and PhD in History from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine and a MA in Modern Indian History from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India.

• Introduction Part 1: General Impact of Slavery, Indentured Labour and Migration 1. Keynote Address There’s Nothing as Practical as a Good Theory: Free and Unfree Labour Across the Atlantic Stephen Small 2. Mapping Slavery: A New Approach in History and Memory: Exploring the Potential of Digital Maps Dienke Hondius 3. Integration Styles in the Indentured Indian Diaspora Chan E.S. Choenni 4. Constructing the Andean Diaspora: State-based and Immigrant-led Development Strategies Marie D. Price Part 2: Health and Diseases 5. Imperialist Contradictions: Health Issues and Indentured Indian Labourers Radica Mahase 6. Health Life in Suriname G.P. Oehlers, M.Y. Lichtveld, L.M. Brewster, M. Algoe and E.R. Irving 7. Opo Yeye – Mental Well-being and Cultural Identity of the Afro-Surinamese: A Slavery-Informed Answer to Living in the Twenty-first Century Aminata Cairo Part 3: Maroons and Maroon Life 8. Finding Maroon Ancestral Settlements in Suriname, South America Cheryl White 9. From Primitives to Refugees: French Guianese Categorizations of Maroons in the Aftermath of Surinamese Civil War Clémence Léobal 10. Governing Ndyuka Society Abroad: The Council of Kabiten and Basiya of Okanisi in The Netherlands Ine Apapoe 11. Marooned Slaves of Esmeraldas: Survival, Autonomy and Spanish Authority, 1553-1600 Laura Moulton List of Contributors Index