EVENT INFORMATION

1
Mei
1857

The Maidstone lands Indian indentured workers at Irwin’s Bay

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📅 1 Mei 1857 📍 Grenada

The Maidstone reached Irwin’s Bay, St Patrick, on 1 May 1857. An official Indian government summary and a local Grenadian account report the arrival; the commemorative plaque records 287 people landed from 304 who left India. These workers entered indenture after emancipation, under a contract system distinct from slavery but shaped by plantation demand for disciplined labor. Their descendants became part of Grenada’s social and cultural life.

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Indian indentured workers

Indo-Grenadian descendants

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Maidstone

Grenada colonial government