Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation Centre
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Indian Passport |
Passport to travel |
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Transvaal Asiatic Registration Certificate |
Under the act, every Asian man, woman or child of eight years or upwards, entitled to reside in the Transvaal, was required to register his or her name with the ... |
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Certificate of Domicile Colony of Natal |
The Colony of Natal was a British colony in south-eastern Africa. It was proclaimed a British colony on 4 May 1843 after the British government had annexed the ... |
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Passport |
Permit required for travel |
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Passport | ||
Indian Passport | ||
Mercury Article - On the Arrival of Indians in Natal |
Article in the Mercury on 2 November 1860 about the Indian arrival |
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Letter to the Protector of Indian Immigrant |
Muslim write a letter to the Protector of immigrants on the 21h00 curfew affects religious practices |
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Muharram festival |
the Muharram festival, which was held on the tenth day of Muharram, the first month ... Muslims, Muharram remained a central part of the Islam of Indentured workers ... |
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Muharram Festival |
Muharram is celebrated as the advent of the Islamic New Year by participating Muslims around the globe. It is regarded as a pious and important festival by the community. ... Muharram also marks the anniversary of the battle of Karbala |
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Loading cane |
Workers loading the cane on the cane field |
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Workers in the tea estate |
Indian women picking tea on the tea plantations |
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Indian Family |
Indenture family in front of their hut |
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Filling sugar in bags |
Workers in the storage area on a Sugar Mill |
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Family in front of hut |
Family in front of hut |
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Bishop Stoke Mill |
Sugar Mills in Natal |
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Mill_Made_From_Disused_Sugar_Mills_Scattered_Over_Natal |
Sugar cane flourished so much in Natal that the first mill was set up on the Compensation flats in 1850. As sugar became a larger crop in about ...
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Sugar Mill - 1900 - Overport Hartley |
Hartley's Mill started crushing in 1874. At the end of 1880, Hartley's Overport Sugar and Coffee Estate |
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Mr H Robinson |
Sugar Barons |
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Repatriation |
After 10 Years service some Indians returned Home |