Chinese Indentured Labour in Peru

Lawrence A. Clayton on the Chinese labourers who came to work in Peru, often in appalling conditions.

Massed shipping in the Chincha Islands in 1863, at the height of guano extractionIn Lima, Peru, one can see today men, women and children of unmistakable Oriental descent. Some of the girls are strikingly beautiful, combining not only features of the East but traces of Spain and ancient America.

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