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Symbolic Representatives
Unnamed Early Labour Families
Symbolic representatives of the small Indian community once present on Nevis.
Nevis
(Caribbean)
1874 to 1875: approx. 300 Girmitiya, one of the smallest indenture destinations.
A very small number of Indian labourers were transported here during the late indenture period under British plantation policies. Indian presence survives mainly through records and ancestry traces.
Charlestown· main location
Major Historical Events
1874
Recruitment of Indian labourers began.
1875
Small Indian groups worked mainly in sugar estates.
Late 1800s
Most labourers migrated elsewhere or assimilated locally.
Today
Indian presence survives mainly through records and ancestry traces.
Main Occupations
- •Sugar estate labour
Cultural Legacy Today
- •Archival records
- •Family ancestry traces
1874 to 1875: approx. 300 Girmitiya, one of the smallest indenture destinations.
A very small number of Indian labourers were transported here during the late indenture period under British plantation policies. Indian presence survives mainly through records and ancestry traces.
Charlestown· main location
Major Historical Events
1874
Recruitment of Indian labourers began.
1875
Small Indian groups worked mainly in sugar estates.
Late 1800s
Most labourers migrated elsewhere or assimilated locally.
Today
Indian presence survives mainly through records and ancestry traces.
Main Occupations
- •Sugar estate labour
Cultural Legacy Today
- •Archival records
- •Family ancestry traces
1874 to 1875
Period
300
Total Arrivals
Caribbean
Region
Key Girmitiya Figures