New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-25
INDIA.
slavery In Travancore.


Among the many subjects which will not be pressed upon
the attention Of Parliament in the inquiry proceeding
Is the extent TO which Slavery still exists in India 1t ap
pears TO be taken for granted that because the institution
II not recognized within the British dominons and
can pursue runaway it has ceased 10 exist 10 all the
countries under control aud that our duty 10 this re-
spect has been performed The Bombay GuardfaH has
called attention TO the extent TO which exists within
the regulation Provinces but in those districts ii is not
recognized by the authorities, and II would appear TO be
rather harsher form OF pauper seryitude than actual
Slavery The is widely different in Of the trbu
fy Provinces Of Southern India where Slavery exists in
form only TO be distinguished from that Of North Amer
lea by the fact than instead Of food and clothing pit
lance, the maximum Of which Is equal to third the
wages Of freeman given 10 the slave and that his suf
ferings not aggravated by communion with powerful
and civilised We publish the details which have
reached In the hope that they will produce c0mmnnica
tons displaying the whole extent Of the evil
In TrsvaDcore especially, the Paradise OF the Holy
under the immediate eye Of Gen Cullen Slavery assumes
s most repuve form. The population of that State in
1896 the date Of the last census taken. amounted TO
1880 66e of whom rather than twelve per cent
64 s64 were slaves In every sense II the word They are
divided into four castles Pariab, c25; Puysr 905ss
Corswsr 1881 Pallar $3.50 These again divided
into three classes house slaves private field slaves, and
Government slaves OF these, the first class mater
of course, the most eneny treated they gener
ally Of the caste as their masters Who purch them
IN nncy and their bondage though hereditary Is aeyated
by the prospect OF freedom under certain conditions This
class however is much limited than the field slaves
who especially in the rice growing districts are exceed
ipgly They worked harder than the free
laboJers receive ptiapce which barely sufficient 20
preserve animal life and frequently cruelty treated
for although the Law nomnsy protects their persons II is
almost impossible for them, from ignorance extreme
poverty and the ntrgues Of their mOsters to set Ia
actor Even their degraded condition. however is better
than that o the Government slaves for they permitted
10 purchase their freedom Should they however lose the
warrant Of msnumscn they At any moment liable to
be seized by the agents Of the Government and again
duoed TO bondsge. with all their deoendants II is there
fore the custom for the sale to be msdeo some third party
In whom the slave o0nfde aud who viii allow him per
feet liberty while Icy retaining the nominal rights Of
master he prev the Government from exercising them
II sslave of this class msrres free sometimes
occurs the children free hut freeman marries slave
the children belong to the proprietor o the mother The
Government slaves the contrary il would appear
not purchase their freedom though like the ser IA Russia
they occasionally allow ed perms ion work for them
selves upon payment Of monthly fee a still more ire
quent practice to let them out AZ stipulated payment
and the slave masters again, Illegally subject them and
each transfer conveys an absolute right the slave
labor As matter OF the last having 10 pay
the Government tax and the middle mans profit and TO
keep the slave alive and 20 do 81 this whore human labor
is almost oug, works his unhappy purchase nearly 70
death he dare In respect indeed the slave
In North America is in the better position of the two is
at least fed in his cid age has rsom 81 sos kind to
cover him, and may Eneer on for years mere ourun
upon his masters ese In rsvancore, there is no pro-
vision OF the kind The lave lives through s Of unpaid
toll scAn'y food, in howell IN which the BsngNee
hut Is mansion and If he survives to old sge sHrned
out 10 beg cf men as wr,tched A. himself stsrve.
In 1919 il is uudertoOd the Madras Government moved
by the ses which reached lis members Of tbs deep degra
Gsion OF this class Forwarded 70 the 6ssh r-mpl
L
wavefsG aud the large SHAREHOLDERS became alarmed they
went in a BODY 70 Irevsodrum. and represented t. the
Raah IN unusually free hngutge the consequences which
must result FROM bis Interference They declared that II
theslsves PAID they would refuse 70 work that the
rice cultivation perish and the land would hs Ia
danger OF famine The argument precisely that 81 the
American saveowRerS and Of the Jamaica planters but
the ksjah, kind hearted tut indoeni Asr ned
and the Efforts OF the NsitAs Government were OF a.
avail AZ the same time thu missionaries If Trtyanc IRE
forwarded formal address TO the resident prlyins that
he would forward o. the Rsah memorial 10 their behalf
reprecDting the extreme suffering Snd degradation 70
which large class Of his subjects we're exposed The
correspondence subsequently, Published in The Cars.
fiaa HiacSs and from "a Of our facts ara taken out
we reproduce below General Cullsns reply As that urn
is not which the msory OF readers srs likely
have seen.
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