Kabyles du Pacifique ("Kabyles of the Pacific") were a group of men and women deported by French authorities to labor camps on the island of New Caledonia, after taking part in the 1870-1871 mainly Kabyle uprising against colonial rule. For other meanings of Pacific, see Pacific (disambiguation). ... Deportation is the expelling of someone from a country. ... A labour camp is a simplified detention facility where inmates are engaged in penal labour. ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... // French rule in Algeria, 1830–1962 Most of Frances actions in Algeria, not least the invasion of Algiers, were propelled by contradictory impulses. ...

Their arrest took part 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 being 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. Constantine or Qusantînah (Arabic: قسنطينة ) is the capital of Constantine Province (ولاية قسنطينة ) in north-east Algeria, slightly inland, at about 80 kilometers from the coast. ... ÃŽle dOléron (English: Island of Oleron) is an island off the Atlantic coast of France (due west of Rochefort), on the southern side of the Pertuis dAntioche strait. ... Saint-Martin-de-Ré is a commune of the Charente-Maritime département in France. ... The quays at Saint Martin en Ré. ÃŽle de Ré (formerly also ÃŽle de Rhé; in English Isle of Rhé) is an island off the west coast of France near La Rochelle, on the northern side of the Pertuis dAntioche strait. ... Location within France Brest, at the tip of Brittany Brest is a city in the Bretagne région, north-west France, sous-préfecture of the Finistère département. ... Oran (population 700,000) (Arabic: ولاية وهران ) is a city in northwest Algeria, situated on the Mediterranean Sea coast. ... Antoine Eugène Alfred Chanzy (18 March 1823 _ 4 January 1883) was a French general notable for his successes in the Franco-Prussian War, and as a governor of Algeria. ... List of Colonial Heads of Algeria Beylerbey: Bey of beys Kalifah: Governor acting in the absence of the Beylerbey Aga (Agha): Military Commander Tenure Incumbent Notes Ottoman Suzerainty Ottomans subsumed the Abd al-Wadid Kingdom c. ... National motto: Mau‘u‘u ha‘e iti Official languages French, Tahitian Political status Dependent territory, administrative division of French Polynesia Capital Tai o Hae Largest City Tai o Hae Area 1,274 km² ( 492 sq. ... City motto: Actibus immensis urbs fulget Massiliensis. ... The term Paris Commune originally referred to the government of Paris during the French Revolution. ... Thouars is a commune of France, situated in the département of Deux-Sèvres in the region of Poitou-Charentes. ...

Due to malfunctions in the communication between ministries, the distinction made between sentences to transportation (traditionally, to French Guyana) and deportation (to New Caledonia) was no longer made - all were sent to New Caledonia in the end. French Guiana (French: Guyane) is an overseas département (département doutre-mer, or DOM) of France, located on the Caribbean coast of South America. ...

Their arrival to the island coincided with transports of Communards, who were to leave precious testimonies of the Kabyles' presence. However, Kabyles were left behind when the Communards were granted an amnesty in 1879, and remained in exile despite campaigns to raise the sympathy of French public opinion. An amnesty was awarded only in 1895, and they could return to Algeria only after 1904. Amnesty (from the Greek amnestia, oblivion) is an act of justice by which the supreme power in a state restores those who may have been guilty of any offence against it to the position of innocent persons. ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Some descendants of the deported Kabyles still live in New Caledonia. In Nessadiou, south of Bourail, there is a Cimetière des Arabes, or "Arabs' Cemetary" - a name that originates in confusion over the etnicity of Kabyles. Bourail is a municipality in the South Province of New Caledonia. ... The Arabs (Arabic: عرب Ê»arab) are a large and heterogeneous ethnic group found throughout the Middle East and North Africa, originating in the Arabian Peninsula of southwest Asia. ...

References

• Mehdi Lallaoui, Kabyles du Pacifique, 1994, Éditions Au nom de la mémoire.