Their arrest took place in 1871, and 212 persons were tried together in 1873, in the city of Constantine. Most were sent over to prisons in metropolitan France – Oléron and Saint-Martin-de-Ré (on Île de Ré) – then, as these were due to be closed, to Quélern (near Brest). At the same time, 29 of them were kept in Oran; Antoine Chanzy, the Governor-General, attempted to have them removed from the public's eye by proposing they should be sent to the Marquesas Islands. They too were ultimately transported to Quélern, through Marseille. A third group was imprisoned together with former Communards in Thouars.
Due to malfunctions in the communication between ministries, the distinction made between sentences to transportation (traditionally, to French Guiana) and deportation (to New Caledonia) was no longer made – all were sent to New Caledonia in the end.
Their arrival on the island coincided with transports of Communards, who were to leave precious testimonies of the Kabyles' presence. However, the Kabyles were left behind when the Communards were granted an amnesty in 1879, and remained in exile despite campaigns to raise sympathy among the French public. An amnesty was awarded only in 1895, and they were not able to return to Algeria until after 1904.
Some descendants of the deported still live in New Caledonia. One of them, Taïeb Aïfa, served as the mayor of Bourail from 1977 to 2001. In Nessadiou [fr], south of Bourail, there is a Cimetière des Arabes, or "Cemetery of the Arabs"; over time, the community began to identify as "Arabs" rather than with a Kabyle or local designation. One elderly Algerian-Caledonian traces this to an occasion when the Algerians arrived to perform labour during Ramadan dressed in white robes, whereupon the native Caledonians decided that they must be "Arabs".[1]
^Mame, Abdelkader; Abdelaziz Abid (14 September 2015). "Al Jazeera World - Exile In New Caledonia". Al Jazeera English. Archived from the original on 2021-12-22. Retrieved 17 September 2015. Time: 11:50-12:05
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algerians, pacific, this, article, includes, list, general, references, lacks, sufficient, corresponding, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, citations, february, 2013, learn, when, remove, this, template, messa. This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations February 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Algerians of the Pacific were a group of men native of Algeria deported by French authorities to labor camps on the island of New Caledonia after taking part in the 1870 1871 uprising against colonial rule in Algeria 1 75th scale model of Prince Jerome alias La Loire on display at the Swiss Museum of Transport Prison on the L Ile des Pins Their arrest took place in 1871 and 212 persons were tried together in 1873 in the city of Constantine Most were sent over to prisons in metropolitan France Oleron and Saint Martin de Re on Ile de Re then as these were due to be closed to Quelern near Brest At the same time 29 of them were kept in Oran Antoine Chanzy the Governor General attempted to have them removed from the public s eye by proposing they should be sent to the Marquesas Islands They too were ultimately transported to Quelern through Marseille A third group was imprisoned together with former Communards in Thouars Due to malfunctions in the communication between ministries the distinction made between sentences to transportation traditionally to French Guiana and deportation to New Caledonia was no longer made all were sent to New Caledonia in the end Their arrival on the island coincided with transports of Communards who were to leave precious testimonies of the Kabyles presence However the Kabyles were left behind when the Communards were granted an amnesty in 1879 and remained in exile despite campaigns to raise sympathy among the French public An amnesty was awarded only in 1895 and they were not able to return to Algeria until after 1904 Some descendants of the deported still live in New Caledonia One of them Taieb Aifa served as the mayor of Bourail from 1977 to 2001 In Nessadiou fr south of Bourail there is a Cimetiere des Arabes or Cemetery of the Arabs over time the community began to identify as Arabs rather than with a Kabyle or local designation One elderly Algerian Caledonian traces this to an occasion when the Algerians arrived to perform labour during Ramadan dressed in white robes whereupon the native Caledonians decided that they must be Arabs 1 Notable deportees EditCheikh BoumerdassiSee also EditFrench ship Loire 1827 References EditMehdi Lallaoui Kabyles du Pacifique 1994 Editions Au nom de la memoire http www iisg nl collections new caledonia article and list of names of the deported 2011 Mame Abdelkader Abdelaziz Abid 14 September 2015 Al Jazeera World Exile In New Caledonia Al Jazeera English Archived from the original on 2021 12 22 Retrieved 17 September 2015 Time 11 50 12 05 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Algerians of the Pacific amp oldid 1145195464, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
