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*The volume of the total Dutch Indian Ocean slave trade has been estimated to be about 15–30% of the Atlantic slave trade. | *The volume of the total Dutch Indian Ocean slave trade has been estimated to be about 15–30% of the Atlantic slave trade. | ||
*See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_India#18th_to_20th_century "Estimates of slaves held in various East India Company territories and Native Kingdoms in the 1830s".] | *See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_India#18th_to_20th_century "Estimates of slaves held in various East India Company territories and Native Kingdoms in the 1830s".] | ||
*After the British government passed legislation which abolished slavery in 1833, the '''Indian indenture system''' arose in response to labor demands in regions which had abolished slavery. The indenture system has been compared to slavery by some historians.<ref>"Slavery in India", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_India#18th_to_20th_century, accessed 21 June 2021.</ref> | |||
===Refugees in India==== | ===Refugees in India==== | ||
*Under Indian law, multiple groups are generally accepted as legal refugees. These include [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamils Sri Lankan Tamils,] Indians who were affected by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_Asians_from_Uganda 1972 expulsion of Ugandans of Indian origin,] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_religions Indic (Indian)-origin] religious minorities. As the birthplace of many religions, most prominently '''Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism''', India accepts followers of Indic-origin religions who are persecuted in their home states as refugees, most notably victims of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_India Partition of India] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Bangladesh_genocide 1971 Bangladesh genocide.] | *Under Indian law, multiple groups are generally accepted as legal refugees. These include [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamils Sri Lankan Tamils,] Indians who were affected by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_Asians_from_Uganda 1972 expulsion of Ugandans of Indian origin,] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_religions Indic (Indian)-origin] religious minorities. As the birthplace of many religions, most prominently '''Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism''', India accepts followers of Indic-origin religions who are persecuted in their home states as refugees, most notably victims of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_India Partition of India] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Bangladesh_genocide 1971 Bangladesh genocide.] | ||