Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation Centre, UKZN
| No.iUnique ID assigned to each passenger on arrival in Natal. The Protector of Indian Immigrants office issued these in sequence between 1860 and 1911. | NameiPassenger's given name as recorded by the colonial registrar — often a single name, anglicised or transliterated, frequently misspelled. | AgeiAge in years at the time of arrival in Natal. | SexiRecorded as Man, Woman, Boy or Girl. The register distinguished adults from children. | ShipiName of the vessel that carried the passenger from India to Port Natal (Durban). | ArrivaliYear the passenger arrived in Natal — between 1860 and 1911. (Not their year of birth or year of indenture's end.) | PortiPort in India where the passenger boarded — Madras or Calcutta in this dataset. | VillageiVillage of origin in India, as recorded. | ZillahiAdministrative district (zillah) of origin in colonial India — e.g. Madras, Calcutta, Ganjam, Vizagapatam. | EmployeriEstate owner, planter or company that employed the indentured worker in Natal. |
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