The ‘Immigrant Depot’ on Kleine Waterstraat, Théodore van Lelyveld, c. 1896

The ‘Immigrant Depot’ on Kleine Waterstraat, Théodore van Lelyveld, c. 1896

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While waiting to be distributed among the plantations, the hundreds of migrants spend several weeks in the depot. This is a fenced-in area with several sheds in which rudimentary sleeping quarters have been installed. The migrants cannot choose their plantation; however, it is policy to keep couples and families together. Here the men wash their white clothes in the river.

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This work belongs to Suriname 1895-1898, 'Souvenirs de Voyage' (RP-F-2009-282)