Workers planting sugar cane

Sugar cane, 1860 Indentured labourers, FARMS, WOMEN, Men, ships, LABOUR
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Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation Centre
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Photograph collection of History and Politics
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Photographs
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English
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South Africa
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G:\UnixiServer-New backup\PHOTOS\History_And_Politics DISA\Indentured_Indians DISA\Arrival_Sugar_Fields DISA
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Picture
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UKZN - Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation Centre

Sugar cane flourished so much in Natal that the first mill was set up on the ... Indenture is a type of debt servitude, but is different from slavery. ... But it was not all that sweet for the sugar plantation workers once they arrived.

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Posted by: Thiru
On: Thursday, March 25, 2021 - 17:02