Hill Coolies - llow-caste coolie woman and servant
A low-caste coolie woman and gentleman's servant of better caste, in Demerara, British Guiana. Engraving part of a feature in the Illustrated London News on Hill Coolies, brought over from India as a substitute for slave labour following the abolition of slavery. The ILN comments: the wretchedness of of these immigrants was truly distressing
Picture No
14122451
Media ID
48867231
Size
479px x 600px
(4.4MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd. / Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed engraving in The Illustrated London News', 29 July 1848, page 52
Date
1848
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