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27
Yanüari
1857

The Maidstone departs Calcutta with Indian indentured workers for Grenada

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📅 27 Yanüari 1857 📍 Grenada

The Maidstone sailed from Calcutta on 27 January 1857 with Indian workers contracted for Grenada’s plantations. Their recruitment took place after emancipation as planters sought a controlled labor supply. Indenture was legally distinct from chattel slavery, but workers faced constrained movement and contract enforcement. Recording this alongside the history of slavery shows how plantation labor coercion and racialized control continued in altered legal forms.

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Personanan den e suseso aki

Indian indentured workers

ship’s crew

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

Maidstone

Grenada colonial government

Indian emigration authorities