Mauritius ~ Aapravasi Ghat - UNESCO ~

... Great views of an important historical site that served as an immigration depot... Aapravasi Ghat was the first place chosen by the British Government in 1834 for the "great experiment" in the of use of "free" labour to replace slaves... therefore it is a symbol of Mauritian identity since the ancestors of more than 70% of today’s local population arrived on the island through this immigration depot... only 3 structures of the original site remain... it includes sheds for immigrants, quarters for officers and a hospital... it is the most important surviving manifestation of the indentured labour system from the 19th and 20th centuries... Big Thanks Prashanth! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Aapravasi Ghat is located on the Bay of Trou Fanfaronright in Port Louis, the capital of Mauritius.

Between 1834 and 1920, almost half a million indentured labourers arrived from India at Aapravasi Ghat to work in the sugar plantations of Mauritius, or to be transferred to Reunion Island, Australia, southern and eastern Africa or the Caribbean. After the end of the indentured labour system in the 1920s, parts of the depot were gradually destroyed by the government and by cyclone Carol in 1960

In 2006, the Aapravasi Ghat became the first indenture site in the world to be inscribed on UNESCO's famous list of World Heritage Sites.