Labour in Portuguese West Africa by W.A. Cadbury

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Date:1909

Description:William Cadbury’s 1909 publication Labour in Portuguese West Africa documented William Cadbury and Joseph Burtt’s visit to Angola and San Thomé in 1908, to investigate the employment conditions of labourers working on cocoa plantations on the island of San Thomé. Their journey was intended to reflect the journeys made by many male and female ‘contracted labourers’.

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Work, Pay and Conditions Maps and Plans International Contact and Trade African and African-Caribbean 1901-2000 (20th century)

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Donor ref:UBSC: Cadbury Papers 248 (92/2083)

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