Arrival in South Africa
In 1833, the British Parliament passed the Act of Abolition which banned slavery throughout the British Empire.The consequence of this was that many African slaves in the Colony of Natal decided to desert their former masters.The former masters having no sufficient labour force, persuaded the sceptic British authorities in India to implement the system of indentured labour in Natal.On the 16 of November 1860, 342 men, women and children arrived aboard the S.S. Truro in Port Natal (Durban).
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