Now. what does Justice Field say after citing that provision? He says in the case referred to. inll2United States Reports. page 567: In the face of this explicit provision large numbers of them. more than Onehalf of all who have come to the United States. have been bronght under what is termed the contract system. that is. a contract for their labor. In one sense they come freely. because they come pursuant to contract. but they are not the free Immigrants whose comlngthetreaty contemplates. and for whose protection the treaty provides. They are for the time the bondthralls of the contractorhis cooly slaves. The United States had already legislated to prevent the transportation by their citizens of coolies from China to any foreign port. but no law has ever been passed by China to prevent its subjects. thus bound. from being taken to the United States. Now. Mr.
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Chinese immigrants are brought under contract systems and are essentially slaves.