Historical Events tagged with "fatel"
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Social Movements & Civil Rights
First Indians Arrive in Trinidad and Tobago
May 30th, 1845 179 years ago
The Fatel Razack, a ship from India, arrived in the Gulf of Paria carrying the first group of indentured Indian laborers to Trinidad and Tobago. This marked the beginning of significant Indian immigration to the Caribbean, as the vessel brought around 200 individuals seeking new opportunities. The journey was part of a larger system of labor migration that followed the abolition of slavery, aiming to fulfill labor demands on sugar plantations. This migration would shape the demographic landscape of Trinidad and Tobago for generations.
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