Slaves and Indentured Servants

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This paper discusses the way the slave era and the era of indentured servants affected and still affects family life in the Caribbean, noting that many of the people in the region are the descendants of people who were brought to this region as slaves or as indentured servants. The paper suggests that it was a somewhat more benign form of slavery, though with many of the same characteristics and long-term effects.

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"The institution of slavery in different parts of the world had a major impact on those regions and on the population, both those who were slaves and those who were not. Such effects may continue long after the end of slavery. In the Caribbean region, many people are the descendants of people who were brought to this region as slaves or as indentured servants (a somewhat more benign form of slavery, though with many of the same characteristics and long-term effects). The centrality of family in the Caribbean has been noted if not fully understood by many scholars, and the long-term consequences may also not be understood fully."

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