Order no. 698 sets local procedures for introducing Indian and African contracted workers, including the assignment of workers to employers and checks on contracts and transport. The same framework included distinct recruitment pathways. Researchers document that some African recruits were obtained through the purchase of captives and then placed under contracts, a practice resembling a disguised slave trade.
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Why did French Guiana create a special immigration office in December 1854?
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The office formed part of the colonial apparatus for arranging overseas labor.