Pig Selling

Japanese: Pig Selling(英語表記)PigSelling
Pig Selling

…In response to this, poor peasants in southern China were kidnapped in a manner similar to kidnapping and forced to emigrate to various parts of Southeast Asia in miserable conditions, like piglets. This was the so-called pig selling trade, and was most notable from 1850 to 1870. They often organized themselves into secret societies for self-defense, and some of them built great power on this basis. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Pig Selling" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これに応じて,中国南部の貧困な農民が人さらい同様の手段で拉致され,豚の子のように悲惨な条件で東南アジア各地に強制移民させられたのである。いわゆる豬仔(ちよし)貿易Pig Sellingで,1850‐70年がもっとも顕著な時期であった。彼らは自衛のため秘密結社を組織することが多かったが,これを基盤として大勢力を築いたものもある。…

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