Personal letters between relatives in Trinidad
and India during indentureship (1845-1920)

Indian Arrival Day Commemorative Magazine 2018

Indo-Caribbean Cultural Centre (ICC) is proud to announce the publication of its latest magazine commemorating Indian Heritage Month (May 2018) in Trinidad and Tobago (Caribbean). The theme of this year’s edition of the magazine is “Personal letters between relatives in Trinidad and India during indentureship (1845-1920).

For the first time in history, these original, private correspondences are being shared with the general public. They were sourced from the National Archives in Trinidad and Tobago.

The letters were written from 1910 - almost at the end of indentureship - to 1922, just after the semi-slave system ended in 1920. These rare documents by ordinary people provide us with a glimpse into their lives. Like the slave letters at the Yale University Library in the USA, these manuscripts leave us with more questions than answers.

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May-June 2018
11 x 8 ½ inches
32 pages with advertisements and articles
ISSN 1683-4143
Glossy pages and cover

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  • About Indian Arrival Day in Trinidad and Tobago
  • Personal letters between relatives in Trinidad and India during indentureship - Editorial
  • Greetings from the Minister of Community Development, Culture and the Arts - Dr the Honourable Nyan Gadsby-Dolly
  • Greetings from the High Commissioner of India - His Excellency Bishwadip Dey
  • Letter from INDIA to Trinidad … requesting information on a brother
  • Letter from INDIA to Trinidad … requesting money
  • Letter from INDIA to Trinidad … requesting information on property
  • Letter from INDIA to Trinidad … requesting possessions of deceased
  • Letter from INDIA to Trinidad … requesting return of son
  • Letter from INDIA to Trinidad … requesting whereabouts of relative
  • Letter from INDIA to Trinidad … requesting to go to Trinidad
  • Letter from TRINIDAD to India … requesting remittance from India
  • Letter from TRINIDAD to India … requesting money to return to India
  • Letter from TRINIDAD to India … requesting to return to India
  • Letter from TRINIDAD to India … requesting address in India
  • Letter from TRINIDAD to India … declaring freedom from indenture