The Howrah arrived on 8 April 1874, extending the recruitment stream begun the previous year. Colonial authorities recorded workers in immigration registers and assigned them to employers. Contract labor differed in law from chattel slavery, but employers and officials exercised strong control over movement, work obligations, and punishment for breach of contract.
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