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Rambishoon's Journey to Guyana's Plantations | Guyana News
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When Rambishoon stepped off the steam ferry in Georgetown, he entered a world of rigid control and grueling labor—just one of thousands of indentured workers bound for Guyana’s sugar plantations. Processed at a bustling depot under the watchful eye of colonial officials, he was assigned to Plantation De Willem, where flatlands, canals, and factories stretched endlessly. His first year meant sleeping in a basic logie, surviving on rations paid for by his meager 24-cent daily wage, and harvesting cane six days a week—all part of a five-year contract that turned men into machines of the plantation economy.
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