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| Titre : | William Walker, Irish Labour and "Chinese slavery" in South Africa, 1904-6 (2010) |
| Auteurs : | Emmet O'CONNOR, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Irish Historical Studies (vol. 37 n 145 2010) |
| Article en page(s) : | p. 48-60 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | |
| Résumé : | In 1903 the governor of South Africa, Lord Alfred Milner, agreed to proposals from the owners of the Transvaal gold mines to alleviate the labour shortage caused by the recent war by recruiting workers from China. The Conservative government of Arthur Balfour gave its approval in May 1904, and had overall responsibility for the scheme until it yielded power to the Liberals in December 1905. The so-called "coolies" were to be indentured on a three-year contract, paid less than the blacks, and quarantined from the local population. Well before the first shipment arrived on the Witwatersrand in June 1904, British trade unionists were alarmed that a precedent was being set for the importation of cheap labour closer to home |
| Pays de publication : | Irlande |
| Mention de responsabilité : | Emmet O'Connor |
| Fonds : | Médiathèque |
