Persona históriko

African contract workers

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African contract workers

Hénero: Homber

Eventonan Relashoná

The administration acquires African labor contracts for penal service

📅 25 Yüni 1856

A colonial decision authorized the Marine administration to acquire 53 contracts from African workers brought by the Diane for prison services. This shows how the state itself used indenture to...

The Joseph departs the West African coast with African contract workers

📅 10 Ougùstùs 1858

The Joseph sailed from the West African coast carrying 340 African immigrants toward Cayenne. Later Guyanese accounts identify D’Chimbo among this group. The migration took place within a French...

The Joseph arrives in Cayenne with D’Chimbo among its passengers

📅 26 Sèptèmber 1858

The Joseph reached Cayenne after a 47-day crossing from the West African coast. A contemporary account later identified D’Chimbo as one of the African immigrants who arrived in 1858. He was assigned...

Yacine Biram boards the Lawrence to return to Africa

📅 15 Desèmber 1860

After completing her six-year contract, Yacine Biram boarded the Lawrence for return across the Atlantic. She was among a very small share of African contract workers in Guiana who were able to...

CTG announces a public conference on African contract workers

📅 13 Òktober 2022

The territorial authority announced a conference on African women and men who were brought to Guiana under labor contracts after the 1848 abolition. The public event reflects a shift in historical...