migration
Aapravasi Ghat
A small waterfront site carries the history of journeys that reshaped Mauritius.
The story behind the place
Aapravasi Ghat in Port Louis preserves remains of an immigration depot built in 1849. It received indentured labourers for Mauritius's sugar estates, including people from India, eastern Africa, Madagascar, China and Southeast Asia. The site helps explain the colonial labour system that expanded after the abolition of slavery and the communities formed through those journeys.
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Read more from the sources
- Aapravasi Ghat — UNESCO World Heritage CentreUNESCO World Heritage Centre
