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27
Mart
1852

Decree formalizes recruitment and transport of contracted workers

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📅 27 Mart 1852 📍 Guyana Franses

A second decree organizes recruitment, transport, arrival, and repatriation for workers sent to French colonies. On paper it required informed consent and set rules for voyages and contracts. In practice, later research shows that colonial labor migration included deception, coercive recruitment, and legal limits on workers’ choices. The decree helped build a system that brought workers from India and Africa to Guiana.

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Personanan den e suseso aki

French government

prospective contracted workers

colonial recruiters

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

French Empire

French colonial administration