Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation Centre

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Indian Passport

Passport to travel

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 ...

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 ...

Passport

Permit required for travel

Passport
Indian Passport
Mercury Article - On the Arrival of Indians in Natal

Article in the Mercury on 2 November 1860 about the Indian arrival

Letter to the Protector of Indian Immigrant

Muslim write a letter to the Protector of immigrants on the  21h00 curfew affects religious practices

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 ...

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

Loading cane

Workers loading the cane on the cane field

Workers in the tea estate

Indian women picking tea on the tea plantations

Indian Family

Indenture family in front of their hut

Filling sugar in bags

Workers in the storage area on a Sugar Mill

Family in front of hut

Family in front of hut

Bishop Stoke Mill

Sugar Mills in Natal

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 ...

 

Sugar Mill - 1900 - Overport Hartley

Hartley's Mill started crushing in 1874. At the end of 1880, Hartley's Overport Sugar and Coffee Estate

Mr H Robinson

Sugar Barons

Repatriation

After 10 Years service some Indians returned Home

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