Totaram Sanadhya's Mere Fiji Dwip me Ikkis Varsh (My 21 years in Fiji) and the Second Abolition Mrinalini Sinha, Associate Professor, Department of History and Women's Studies, Pennsylvania State University The system of indentured labor from India, which the British devised in the aftermath of the abolition of slavery to replace the demand for labor world wide, has often been referred to as a "new system of slavery." When, how, and why did this once lucrative system eventually come to an end? What was the significance of this second abolition? The contributions of the abolitionist, Totaram Sanadhya, an ex-indetured laborer and author of one of the earliest first-hand accounts of indenture, provide a useful way of getting at the history of the second abolition and of its unexpected global ramifications. Co-sponsored by the Asian Studies Program, the Gender and Women's Studies Program, and the Departments of History, English, and Political Science Wednesday, April 18, 4pm Albin O. Kuhn Library, 7th Floor