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Indentured Labourers has 100 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 8 references, with 10 live disagreements.

100+ facts·63 predicates·8 sources·10 in dispute

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Rdf Typein disputerdfType

  • Diaspora[1]all time · Wf15 20 Aapravasi Ghat Unesco World Heritage Centre
  • Group[5]all time · Wf15 23 Islam in Mauritius Wikipedia Requested Title Muslims of
  • Immigrant Group[3]all time · Wf15 25 Islam in Mauritius Wikipedia
  • Labour Group[6]all time · Wf15 08 Port Louis Indian Ocean Port Commercial Hub Map Britanni
  • Labour Group[3]all time · Wf15 25 Islam in Mauritius Wikipedia
  • Labour Population[8]all time · Wf15 26 Mauritian Creoles Wikipedia
  • Migrant Group[1]all time · Wf15 20 Aapravasi Ghat Unesco World Heritage Centre
  • People Group[3]all time · Wf15 25 Islam in Mauritius Wikipedia
  • Person[1]all time · Wf15 20 Aapravasi Ghat Unesco World Heritage Centre
  • Person Group[6]all time · Wf15 08 Port Louis Indian Ocean Port Commercial Hub Map Britanni

Labelin disputelabel

  • indentured labourers[8]all time · Wf15 26 Mauritian Creoles Wikipedia
  • indentured labourers[5]all time · Wf15 23 Islam in Mauritius Wikipedia Requested Title Muslims of
  • indentured laborers[6]all time · Wf15 08 Port Louis Indian Ocean Port Commercial Hub Map Britanni

Typein disputetype

  • Labourers[2]all time · Wf15 21 Aapravasi Ghat Wikipedia
  • Person[7]all time · Wf15 22 Indian Indenture System Wikipedia

Transferred toin disputetransferredTo

Origin Regionin disputeoriginRegion

  • Bihar[5]all time · Wf15 23 Islam in Mauritius Wikipedia Requested Title Muslims of
  • India[1]all time · Wf15 20 Aapravasi Ghat Unesco World Heritage Centre

Embarkation Portin disputeembarkationPort

  • Kolkata[3]all time · Wf15 25 Islam in Mauritius Wikipedia
  • Mumbai[3]all time · Wf15 25 Islam in Mauritius Wikipedia

Maintainedin disputemaintained

Departure Portin disputedeparturePort

  • Kolkata[5]all time · Wf15 23 Islam in Mauritius Wikipedia Requested Title Muslims of
  • Mumbai[5]all time · Wf15 23 Islam in Mauritius Wikipedia Requested Title Muslims of

Subset ofin disputesubsetOf

Sourced Fromin disputesourcedFrom

Arrived FromarrivedFrom

  • India[5]all time · Wf15 23 Islam in Mauritius Wikipedia Requested Title Muslims of
  • India[1]all time · Wf15 20 Aapravasi Ghat Unesco World Heritage Centre
  • India[2]all time · Wf15 21 Aapravasi Ghat Wikipedia

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Inbound mentions (15)

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Other facts (53)

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53 facts
PredicateValueRef
Labour Typeindentured[1]
Labour Typeindentured[2]
Worked atSugar Plantations Mauritius[1]
Worked atSugar Plantations Mauritius[2]
Arrival Scalelarge scale[3]
Contract Duration5[3]
Contract Duration Unityears[3]
Contract Typeindenture[3]
Labour Statusindentured[3]
Mode of Transportship[3]
Origin FromIndia[3]
Primary OriginBihar[3]
Return Ratelimited[3]
FormedInformal Support Networks[7]
Approximate Total Arrivals500000[2]
Arrival Period End1920[2]
Arrival Period Start1834[2]
Contract Duration Years5[5]
Origin CountryIndia[5]
Repatriation Optionyes[5]
Scalelarge scale[5]
Wealth Statuspoor working classes[5]
Destination RegionMauritius[1]
Employment Typeindentured[1]
Migration Typeindentured labour[1]
Number of Arrivals Textalmost half a million[1]
Number of Peoplealmost half a million[1]
Occupation Categoryindentured labourer[1]
Passed ThroughAapravasi Ghat[1]
Passed Through MauritiusMauritius[1]
Time Period1834-1920[1]
Transfer DestinationReunion Island, Australia, southern and eastern Africa or the Caribbean[1]
Destination PlaceMauritius[6]
Estimated Count500000[6]
Estimate Qualifierestimated[6]
Migration End Decade1920s[6]
Migration Start Year1849[6]
Origin PlaceIndian Subcontinent[6]
Part of SystemIndentured Labour System[6]
Recorded inSource Britannica Port Louis[6]
Bound to PerformPlantation Work[4]
Includes Ethnic SubgroupCalcuttiyas[3]
Includes SubgroupCalcuttiyas[3]
Settlement PeriodMuslim Migration British Period[3]
Arrived inMauritius[5]
Approximate Count500000[1]
Entered ViaAapravasi Ghat[6]
Entry PointAapravasi Ghat[6]
Arrive and Learn QuicklyTrue[4]
Learn Nature of TrapTrue[4]
Will Not Work onPlantations[4]
Same AsIndian Indentured Labourers[2]
Worked insugar-cane[8]

Timeline

Timeline axis is valid_time — when each source says the fact was true in the world, not when Dontopedia learned about it. Retracted rows are kept for provenance; coloured stripes indicate the context kind.

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500000
approximateTotalArrivalsval-mauritius/wf15-21-aapravasi-ghat-wikipedia
500000
arrivalPeriodEndval-mauritius/wf15-21-aapravasi-ghat-wikipedia
1920
arrivalPeriodStartval-mauritius/wf15-21-aapravasi-ghat-wikipedia
1834
arrivalScaleval-mauritius/wf15-25-islam-in-mauritius-wikipedia
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5
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5
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500000
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indentured labourers
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indentured labourers
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indentured laborers
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indentured
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indentured
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indentured
learnNatureOfTraptrove-cooktown/cingalese
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migrationEndDecadeval-mauritius/wf15-08-port-louis-indian-ocean-port-commercial-hub-map-britanni
1920s
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1849
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indentured labour
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ship
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almost half a million
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almost half a million
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indentured labourer
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1834-1920
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Reunion Island, Australia, southern and eastern Africa or the Caribbean
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sugar-cane

References (8)

8 references
  1. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf15-20-aapravasi-ghat-unesco-world-heritage-centre
  2. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf15-21-aapravasi-ghat-wikipedia
  3. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf15-25-islam-in-mauritius-wikipedia
  4. [4]Cingalese4 facts
    customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/cingalese
  5. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf15-23-islam-in-mauritius-wikipedia-requested-title-muslims-of
  6. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf15-08-port-louis-indian-ocean-port-commercial-hub-map-britanni
  7. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf15-22-indian-indenture-system-wikipedia
  8. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf15-26-mauritian-creoles-wikipedia

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