Coolies and Randlords: The North Randforte in Chinese Miners 'Strike' of 1905

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Title:	Coolies and Randlords: The North Randforte in Chinese Miners 'Strike' of 1905
Author:	Richardson, Peter
Year:	1976
Periodical:	Journal of Southern African Studies
Volume:	2
Issue:	2
Period:	April
Pages:	151-177
Language:	English
Geographic term:	South Africa
Subjects:	strikes 1905 Chinese Labor and Employment History and Exploration Ethnic and Race Relations
External link:	https://www.jstor.org/stable/2636505
Abstract:	After a description of the background of the decision to import Chinese labourers and the origin of these labourers, the author examines how a simmering dispute over wages erupted into open violence (1 april 1905). As a result of this outbreak, the Chinese received a wage offer which formed not only the basis of the settlement but served also as a model upon which the Transvaal Chamber of Mines based its wage policy towards all Chinese labourers for the rest of their time on the Rand. Notes.