Société Huilière de Diego et Peros and moved company headquarters to Seychelles.
Peros bridge was named as a reminder of Bristol's
historic association with the slave trade.
their families were initially moved to the plantations on Peros Banhos and Salomon atolls in the northwest of the archipelago;
In 1962, the Chagos Agalega Company of the British colony of Seychelles purchased the
Société Huilière de Diego et Peros and moved company headquarters to Seychelles.
In 1882 the French-financed,
Mauritian-based Societe Huilere de Diego et Peros(the"Oil Can Company of Diego and Peros"),
consolidated all the plantations in the Chagos under its control.
In 1882, the French-financed,
Mauritian-based Société Huilière de Diego et de Peros(the"Oilmaking Company of Diego and Peros"),
consolidated all the plantations in the Chagos under its control.
The plantation workers and
their families were initially moved to the plantations on Peros Banhos and Salomon atolls in the northwest of the archipelago;
those who requested were transported to the Seychelles or Mauritius.