Sailors, Apprentices, Indentured Labourers and other Migrants of Colour from at least 14 places of origin, often from the same countries from where the enslaved were taken, but also from across the world came to the Cape for a range of reasons from the 1850s and continued well into the 20th century. Even today in the 21st century economic migrants make their way to South Africa as a preferred destination. Migrancy and Southern African identity has been a major factor for 3000 years.
Sailors, Apprentices, Indentured Labourers
& other Migrants of Colour
- 14 Roots of Origin -
West Africa
Kroomen - RN Sailors
Liberated Africans aka Prize Slaves
East Africa
Sidees - RN Sailors (Zanzibar)
Liberated Africans aka Prize Slaves
Zanzibari indentured labourers
India
Lascar - RN Sailors
Passenger Indians
Indenture Labour
USA
African American traders, clergy, professionals
Australia
Aborigine Soldiers – Boer War (non-return)
Caribbean Islands
Caribbean sailors, dock workers
Ethiopia
Oromo liberated slave children
China
Indentured labourers
Boxer Rebellion refugees
Japanese invasion refugees
1980s-1994 economic migrants from Taiwan
Post 1994 economic migrants
Turkey
Muslim religious leaders
Southern Africa (British Territories)
Indentured labours - British Africans / Bechuanaland, Basotholand, Swaziland, Northern & Southern Rhodesia / Nyasaland
Southern Africa (Mozambique and Namibia)
Masbiekers from Mozambique and elsewhere
Hill Damara & Nama from Namibia (indentured labour)
Saint Helena
Indentured labour (referred to as the 'Saints')
Korea
Economic migrants
Mauritius
Economic migrants
