"A man of keen perceptive faculties" : Aboobaker Amod Jhaveri, an "Arab" in Colonial Natal, circa 1872-1887

indentured, EMPLOYMENT, class, language, ETHNICITY
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Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation Centre
Creator: 
Goolam Vahed
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Articles
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English
Coverage: 
South Africa
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Document
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14 pages
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ingentaconnect.com
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UKZN - Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation Centre
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Historia

Indians arrived in South Africa in two streams. Between 1860 and 1911, a total of 152 184 indentured labourers were introduced into colonial Natal mainly to work on the sugar plantations, though some were employed in other sectors of the economy. This initial flow …

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