Indian migration

• Why did Indian migrants come

  • East India Company officials were needed in India; when they came back they would bring people back
• Who would they bring back

  • ayahs
  • lascars
  • servants
  • wives and families
• Where did Indian lascars settle

  • Ports, like London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Cardiff
  • some were sailors, some labourers
• Specific Indian migrant

  • 'Peter' was baptised: 22 December 1616
  • taught to read and write
  • sent to India to convert them and teach them to read and write