1. The impoverished peasants and weavers went hoping to earn some money. But in effect it was worse than slave labour.
2. The colonial state allowed agents (kanganis) to trick or kidnap indigent landless labourers.
3. 150 indenture labourers "the innocent victims of a new system of slavery" were first taken from Thanjavur in 1828 to the new British coffee plantations in Ceylon.

1. Dadabhai Naoroji in his Poverty and Un- British Rule in India explained how the English rulers were different from the earlier invaders.
2. He said, in the case of former foreign invaders, they plundered and went back.
3. They made, no doubt, great wounds, but India, with her industry, revived and healed the wounds.

1. An eye witness (an Englishman) of the terrible famine in the Guntur district of Madras Presidency in 1833 said:
2. 'It is dreadful to see what revolting food human beings may be driven to partake of Dead dogs and horses are greedily devoured by these surviving wretches; and the other day, an unfortunate donkey having strayed from the fort, they fell upon him like a pack of wolves, tore him limb from limb and devoured him on the spot.'

According to the Indentured Labour System, the coolie (the term applied to an Indian indentured labourer) had to work in jail-like condition, was punishable by forfeiture of wages or imprisonment
(a) negligence of duty or refusal to attend to work
(b) insolence or disobedience of orders or other misconduct
(c) quitting service before the expiry of the contract.

1. The Ryotwari system intended to create a large body of independent peasants, who would be protected from the "corrupt and faithless zamindar"
2. However, in reality achieved the contrary result of strengthening the position of the big landlords.