Hill Coolies - low-caste coolies
Two low-caste coolies in George Town Demerara- tall, but very thin and scantily dressed. 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. Behind them can be seen the Barracks
Picture No
14122450
Media ID
48867228
Size
491px x 600px
(5.2MB)
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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