British settlers in Natal
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| John Clark Collection |
Perhaps the main cause of emigration in the period of 1849-52 was economic distress that prevailed throughout Britian. Bad Harvests, High rents, unemployment bank failures, the collapse of the railway boom in 1847, etc., Threw artisans and farmworkers alike out of their jobs. |
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| John Clark Collections |
Another group of settlers, fortunately not so numerous, were not such admirable types. This sketvh from a Dickens novel shows some of the smart but unscrupulous London clerks who formed part of the emigrants to Natal. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Contemporary Cartoon, 1865, of a familiar bedroom scene- the newly-arrived emigrant trying to sleep when bothered by mosquitoes and other insects. |