Sugar cane workers III

Despite the formal abolition of slavery in 1833 in other parts of the British Empire, plantation owners in Mauritius defied the ruling and continued to practice slavery until 1835. This proved to be a turning point in the island’s history, as the ending of slavery led to the mass immigration from the Indian subcontinent of some 200,000 Hindu and Moslem indentured labourers, lured by the promise of a better life, they came to work on the sugar-cane plantations in conditions which were initially not much better than slavery.

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I like this series Dimitris, at least on my end there is a greenish tint to the image, I like that for the vintage look.

 

Like Tony, I also like the vintage look.  With the exception of the plastic bottle and the crop year starting with a 2, this could be from decades ago.  Well done... Mike

Yes you are right. There is a green tint to the image. I like experimenting with different tints, and in my opinion, it gives the image a period look. Thanks for dropping in.

Well observed, my friend. The person on the left is draped with plastic sheeting and there is a pair of plastic rubber gloves on their left. The image was taken in January 2015 and is not pretending to be anything else. It just has a period look. The taxi driver who was driving us around said to me that they normally start work at four in the morning. I took the picture at ten in the morning when they were having breakfast. The only condition that changed since the slavery days is that they are getting paid for a day's work, and that they are free.

 

Thanks for making the time to comment, Mike.

 

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This is a wonderful image, Dimitris. Great scene and moment, and as told the vintage look suits very well.

Great documentary photograph.  It is well composed and I like it for its simplicity, authenticity and the historical context suggested.  Excellent!

My belated thanks for your comments.