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What is a coolie?

What is a coolie? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (offensive) An unskilled Asian worker, usually of Chinese or Indian descent; a labourer; a porter. Coolies were frequently transported to other countries in the 19th and early 20th centuries as indentured labourers.
  2. (offensive) A person of Indian descent.
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He is known to be exceedingly anxious to destroy the coolie trade.
He learned what it was to be spoken to like a coolie and ordered about like a cook.
The so-called coolie trade began in the late 1840s as a response to the labour shortage brought on by the worldwide movement to abolish slavery.
The horse is included in no grouping in Hong Kong, where coolie takes its place as bearer of burdens and hauler of vehicles.
In the 19th century, more Chinese moved to North America and beyond, in the coolie trade and gold rushes.
Who can tell what the Chinese coolie is doing in the same way?

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