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Coolie (E. Indian) laborers, Jamaica – Historic Reproduction

Coolie (E. Indian) laborers, Jamaica, [ca. 1910] — historic photograph
Coolie (E. Indian) laborers, Jamaica, [ca. 1910]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Coolie (E. Indian) laborers, Jamaica

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Identified on its caption card as East Indian laborers in Jamaica, this photograph shows workers whose presence on the island dates to the indenture system that followed emancipation in the British colonies. Beginning in 1845, Britain brought tens of thousands of contract workers from India to Jamaica, mainly to labor on sugar estates after many formerly enslaved people had left plantation work. The title uses "coolie," a term common in colonial records that is now considered offensive. The date of about 1910 and the subject headings come from an old, unverified caption, so the exact location and the people pictured remain unconfirmed.

Created / published[ca. 1910]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsThis record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Alien labor, East Indian--ca. 1910; East Indians--Jamaica--ca. 1910; Geogr.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 915 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-139879

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