Truro was the ship from Madras carrying the first 342 indentured Indian laborers to arrive in Port Natal (present-day Durban) on 16 November 1860. The second group of 342 arrived in Durban on board Belvedere from Calcutta 10 days later. Indian laborers were recruited to work on sugar plantations by the South African government. In 2011, on the 150th anniversary South African government announced plans to launch a series of postal stamps to commemorate this.[1]
The last ship, Umlazi, arrived in 1911. Passenger lists have been made available online.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ "South Africa remembers Indians with postage stamps". The Times of India. 30 November 2011. Archived from the original on 1 December 2011.
- ^ "Ship Truro". Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation Centre. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ^ "Ship list". Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation Centre. 11 July 1911. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
External links
edit- "History of Indian Settlement". KwaZulu-Natal. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008.
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