The deadly voyage: disease and death aboard Natal’s indenture ships
As South Africa marks 166 years since the first ships carrying Indian indentured labourers reached Natal, records of cholera, measles and meningitis reveal the deadly conditions endured at sea and the colonial authorities’ response.
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