How did coolies come to Singapore?

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1. #mainly
2. #early
3. #instead
4. #coolies
5. #impoverished
6. #force
7. #indentured
8. #engaged
9. #fortune
10. #backbone
11. #unskilled
12. #immigrants
13. #labour
14. #served
15. #mostly
16. #singapore
17. #formed
18. #latter
19. #labourers
20. #chinese
21. #century