Colonial British Indian Indentured Labour Transportation By Country
Name of Colony | Number of Labourers Transported |
---|---|
Mauritius | 453,063 |
British Guiana | 238,909 |
Trinidad | 143,939 |
Jamaica | 36,412 |
Grenada | 3,200 |
St Lucia | 4,350 |
Natal | 152,184 |
St Kitts | 337 |
St Vincent | 2,472 |
Reunion | 26,507 |
Surinam | 34,304 |
Fiji | 60,965 |
East Africa | 32,000 |
Seychelles | 6,315 |
Total | 1,194,957 |
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