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Mauritius was later rediscovered and visited by the Portuguese between 1507 and 1513. Mauritius and surrounding islands were known as the Mascarene Islands (Ilhas Mascarenhas) after Pedro Mascarenhas. Portuguese discoveries 1415–1543 in the Reign of D. João III (verde) An official world map by Diogo Ribeiro described "from west to east, the ...
One of the most important was the abolition of slavery on 1 February 1835. Around 3,000 Franco-Mauritian planters received their share of the British government's compensation of 20 million pounds sterling (£20m) for the liberation of about 20,000 slaves, who had been imported from Africa and Madagascar during the French occupation. [1] [2]
The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into force, abolishing slavery throughout most of the British Empire but on a gradual basis over the next six years. [113] Legally frees 700,000 in the West Indies , 20,000 in Mauritius , and 40,000 in South Africa .
The Moresby Treaty was an anti-slavery treaty between Sayyid Said, Sultan of Muscat and Oman and Fairfax Moresby, senior officer of Mauritius, [ 1] on behalf of Britain in September 1822. [ 2][ 3] Initially composed of six articles, [ 4] the purpose of the treaty was to limit the Indian Ocean slave trade by preventing the importation of slaves ...
A short history and description of the Military Hospital in the 18th and 19th centuries 2019; Angaje : explorations into the history, society and culture of indentured immigrants and their descendants in Mauritius; The non-adult cohort from Le Morne Cemetery, Mauritius: a snap shot of early life and death after abolition 2014
[53] [54] The abolition of slavery had important effects on Mauritius's society, economy and population. The planters brought a large number of indentured labourers from India to work in the sugar cane fields. Between 1834 and 1921, around half a million indentured labourers were present on the island.
Maroon peoples. Black Seminoles, Bushinengue, Jamaican Maroons, Kalungas, Palenqueros, Quilombola. Mauritian maroons were African slaves who escaped from slavery in Mauritius. They are considered the first permanent population of Mauritius. [1]
Despite the official abolition of slavery, the 2018 Global Slavery Index estimated the number of slaves as 90,000 (or 2.1% of the population), [7][8] a reduction from the 155,600 reported in the 2014 index in which Mauritania ranked 31st of 167 countries by total number of slaves and first by prevalence, with 4% of the population.