Indian workers from Pondicherry and Karikal

Gender: Male

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Sigisbert-Cézard brings the first Indian labor convoy to Guiana

📅 9 June 1856

The ship Sigisbert-Cézard reaches French Guiana with Indian workers recruited from Pondicherry and Karikal. The surviving memorial register lists 822 people embarked and 801 arrivals. The names and...

Réaumur convoy resumes Indian indenture migration

📅 18 October 1860

After a four-year gap, the Réaumur arrives with 550 Indian workers embarked and 534 recorded as arriving. The four-year interruption reflected the fragile finances and administration of colonial...

Parmentier convoy carries Indian workers to Guiana

📅 9 July 1861

The Parmentier arrives with 533 workers embarked from Pondicherry and Karikal and 514 recorded as arriving. The voyage shows that the 1861 convention’s protections existed alongside continuing...

Nicolas-Poussin convoy reaches French Guiana

📅 1 December 1864

The Nicolas-Poussin arrives from Pondicherry and Karikal with 277 workers embarked and 275 recorded as arriving. This later convoy shows that the indenture system persisted beyond its first arrivals...

Duguay-Trouin convoy reaches Cayenne

📅 10 December 1865

The Duguay-Trouin arrives from Pondicherry and Karikal with 412 workers embarked and 400 recorded as arriving. The archive-based chronology notes that officials refused immediate landing and moved the...