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Hindustani contract laborers in the immigrant depot
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
A group of contract laborers from British India in the so-called 'coolie depot', the central collection point for immigrants in Paramaribo, with a European overseer or policeman in the foreground. Part of the photo album Souvenir de Voyage (part 4), documenting the life of the Dooyer family in and around the Ma Retraite plantation in Suriname in the years 1906-1913.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineHindostaanse contractarbeiders in het immigrantendepot. 1891. Gomez Burke. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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