Photograph collection of History and Politics
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| Indentured Indians in the Sugar Field |
The Indians were sent to work on the sugar cane fields, railways or to work as special servants, ayahs (Nannies) for the White children, waiters or cooks. The Indians lived in atrocious conditions , their wages were low and sometimes they were not paid. |
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| The arrival of Indians in Natal by Boats. |
arrival of the first indentured Indians, an event that was to have far-reaching results for the Colony of Natal. The first ships arrived in November 1860 having left ... |
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| Women working on the Cane fields |
Cutting cane in 40 cm sets. Less privileged women who had to work in the fields or move about as ... In the case of one woman who set fire to cane-fields on the Natal ... |
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| Old Train Illovo Sugar c. 1905 |
In the early 1900s, 2 ft (610 mm) narrow-gauge railway lines started playing a significant role in ... Many defunct locomotives are plinthed at various former railway station sites or work ... |
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| Workers spraying the Cane field |
Sugar cane industry in Natal |
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| Sugar Plantation |
The sugar estates, and elsewhere, thus reflected and underpinned the ... majority of whom, particularly in the 1860s, 1870s and 1880s, worked on the sugar. |
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| Sugar Cane Cutters - 1870 |
The demand for labor for Natal's sugarcane fields' had dramatically increased ... 350,000 between 1842 and 1870 and a further 80,000 onwards and to Natal ... Indentured labour was not free labour; and the workers who, either voluntarily or ... |
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| Old train in Sugar Fields |
Trains were used to transport sugar cane |
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| Dancers at the 1860 Celebration |
1860 Commemorations at Durban on the 16th November 1980 - Saiva Sithantha Sungum |
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| Dancers at the 1860 Celebration |
1860 Commemorations at Durban on the 16th November 1980 - Saiva Sithantha Sungum |
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| Memorial service at the Saiva Sithantha Sungum |
1860 Commemorations at Durban on the 16th November 1980 - Saiva Sithantha Sungum |
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| Speech by TP Naidoo |
1860 Commemorations at Durban on the 16th November 1980 - Saiva Sithantha Sungum |
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| Part of the Crowd |
1860 Commemorations at Durban on the 16th November 1980 - Saiva Sithantha Sungum |
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| Part of the crowd |
1860 Commemorations at Durban on the 16th November 1980 - Saiva Sithantha Sungum |
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| Event proceedings conducted by Swami Sivananda Navalar |
1860 Commemorations at Durban on the 16th November 1980 - Saiva Sithantha Sungum |
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| Event proceedings conducted by Swami Sivananda Navalar |
1860 Commemorations at Durban on the 16th November 1980 - Saiva Sithantha Sungum |
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| Part of the Crowd |
1860 Commemorations at Durban on the 16th November 1980 - Saiva Sithantha Sungum |
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| Saiva Sithantha Sungum Building |
1860 Commemorations at Durban on the 16th November 1980 - Saiva Sithantha Sungum |
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| Procession in Derby Street |
1860 Commemorations at Durban on the 16th November 1980 - Saiva Sithantha Sungum |
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| Torch bearers arriving at Addington Beach |
1860 Commemorations at Durban on the 16th November 1980 - Saiva Sithantha Sungum |