Phoenix refers to a type of date palm and to a mythological bird..The Phoenix Bird. The Phoenix Palm cultivated in arid, hot regions, the common date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, is valued for its fruit, the date, which is a source of wealth since it is an important food.....
Natal sugar farmer JAMES SAUNQERS, who had previously owned sugar plantations in MAURITIUS on which he employed Indian labour; strongly motivated for Indian labour to be imported into Natal.
