Characteristics of Chinese Immigration Schemes ❑Chinese immigrants were contracted to work on estates in British Guiana, Trinidad and Jamaica. ❑Chinese immigration was expensive: ➢Distance, transportation cost and time. ➢No women were allowed ( social problems). ➢The scheme did not last long as the Chinese preferred commercial enterprise as opposed to agricultural 1. Why were Chinese women not allowed to participate in the Chinese Indentureship scheme in 1806 and what social problems existed? 2. During the Indian Indentureship Scheme why were men preferred over females and why were men paid more?

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Characteristics of Chinese Immigration
Schemes

❑Chinese immigrants were contracted to work on estates in British
Guiana, Trinidad and Jamaica.
❑Chinese immigration was expensive:
➢Distance, transportation cost and time.
No women were allowed ( social problems).
➢The scheme did not last long as the Chinese preferred commercial
enterprise as opposed to agricultural

1. Why were Chinese women not allowed to participate in the Chinese Indentureship scheme in 1806 and what social problems existed?

2. During the Indian Indentureship Scheme why were men preferred over females and why were men paid more?

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