Ali was a descendant of Indian indentured labourers brought to Fiji between 1879 and 1916.

The living and working conditions in Fiji were even worse than those suffered by the later Indian indentured labourers.

She was a passenger cargo vessel, also used for the transportation of Indian indentured labourers to the colonies.

The owners' response was to bring in Indian labourers - more than 200,000 between 1840 to 1870.

She was used for the transportation of Indian indentured labourers to the colonies.

The island was used as quarantine station when the first Indian indentured labourers arrived in the Leonidas.

Two months later, on 11 June 1892, she arrived in Suriname with Indian indentured labourers.

Ninety percent of the activities were carried out by Indian labourers who came from India.

By 1838, 25,000 Indian labourers had been shipped to Mauritius.

The idea of importing Indian labourers was abandoned in 1911 after their numbers exceeded one hundred thousand.