The Other Middle Passage:
Journal of a Voyage From Calcutta to Trinidad 1858
Ron Ramdin, 1994
62 pages
Read in 2020.06
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🔽 Intro and review summary 🔽
✔ History of "coolie" trades
✔ Diary of the wife of caption onboard
✔ Devastating facts and numbers
★★★★★ Though the slavery from Africa was by then banned the labour was much needed in the Caribbean. Written by a friend who is a descendent. Slave trade has only changes the name.
🔽 Book review and notes 🔽
Written by a friend, who himself is a descendent of the emigrant of Coolie Trade, the system established by Europe after abolishing the Slave Trade, though they are very similar.
The first part is written by Ron to introduce the background and go through the conditions of these journeys that the Indian emigrants had to make were.
He focuses on this particular ship that lost 124 lives out of 324 during the 108 day journey in 1858.
Though the slavery from Africa was by then banned the labour was much needed in the Caribbean, so it continue to be a very important "trade", to eradicate the freedom from fellow human beings and the Europe solely focused on the profit.
And the second part is the actual journal and writing from his wife. Every day somebody died.
Not a surprise for anyone, as the physical conditions and the distress made them prone to be sick and eventually die.
If you are interested in getting a copy, I might be able to help as they are not easily available.
🔽 Where to buy / Summary and more info 🔽
●●● Amazon.com (US) ●●●
The Other Middle Passage: Journal of a Voyage from Calcutta to Trinidad, 1858
●●● Amazon.co.uk (UK) ●●●
The Other Middle Passage: Journal of a Voyage from Calcutta to Trinidad, 1858 (Coolie Odyssey)
●●● Amazon.it (Italy) ●●●
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