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10
Desèmber
1855

Local order sets rules for Indian and African immigrants

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📅 10 Desèmber 1855 📍 Guyana Franses

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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Personanan den e suseso aki

French Guiana governor

African and Indian workers

colonial recruiters

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

French Guiana colonial administration

Archives territoriales de Guyane