Prime Minister of Saint Lucia
Sir John Compton
Long-serving Prime Minister who helped shape modern Saint Lucia. Saint Lucia's Indian heritage survives through families who preserved Bhojpuri traditions and Hindu customs.
Saint Lucia
(Caribbean)
1858 to 1895: 4,350 indentured labourers on sugar estates, fragments of Indian heritage still survive.
Saint Lucia received Indian indentured labourers after slavery ended. Though the Indian population remained small, traces of Indian heritage still survive through food, surnames, oral traditions, and Bhojpuri heritage.
Castries· main location
Major Historical Events
1858
Arrival of the first Indian indentured labourers.
1860s
Indians mainly worked in sugar estates under harsh conditions.
1880s
Many labourers completed contracts and settled permanently.
1895
Indenture recruitment declined and migration gradually stopped.
Today
Descendants preserve fragments of Indian identity.
Main Occupations
- •Sugar plantation labour
- •Agricultural estate work
Cultural Legacy Today
- •Food
- •Surnames
- •Oral traditions
- •Hindu customs
- •Bhojpuri heritage
1858 to 1895: 4,350 indentured labourers on sugar estates, fragments of Indian heritage still survive.
Saint Lucia received Indian indentured labourers after slavery ended. Though the Indian population remained small, traces of Indian heritage still survive through food, surnames, oral traditions, and Bhojpuri heritage.
Castries· main location
Major Historical Events
1858
Arrival of the first Indian indentured labourers.
1860s
Indians mainly worked in sugar estates under harsh conditions.
1880s
Many labourers completed contracts and settled permanently.
1895
Indenture recruitment declined and migration gradually stopped.
Today
Descendants preserve fragments of Indian identity.
Main Occupations
- •Sugar plantation labour
- •Agricultural estate work
Cultural Legacy Today
- •Food
- •Surnames
- •Oral traditions
- •Hindu customs
- •Bhojpuri heritage
1858 to 1895
Period
4,350
Total Arrivals
Caribbean
Region
Key Girmitiya Figures