When John Cracroft Wilson settled in Canterbury, he brought Indian servants with him. This correspondence, published in the Lyttelton Times in 1860, concerns one, named Goordeen, who became homeless after leaving Wilson’s employ. This letter, written anonymously by ‘A lover of justice’, deplores Wilson’s lack of responsibility in allowing the situation to have arisen. The patronising and superior tone of his letter also reveals the racism prevalent among European settlers at this time.
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Reference: Lyttelton Times, 26 May 1860, p. 3.
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