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The abolition of slavery in the British Caribbean in 1834 prompts The Gillanders, Arbuthnot & Company in Calcutta, a part of the East India Company, to recruit Coolies from India to fill the resulting labor void. The company hires Sinha, a fierce small timer who sells dreams of El Dorado to the unsuspecting, impoverished Coolies. They are signed to five-year contracts as indentured servants. Upon arrival the Coolies' arrival in British Guiana in 1838, the British planters promptly enslave them to ensure that the growth of sugar in the British West Indies will continue uninterrupted. John Scoble of the British and Foreign Anti Slavery Society arrives on the colony a year later to discover a new form of slavery; this time on the backs of Indians.

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Weekend Chart Record

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
9/24/2004	48		$70,910		1	$70,910	$70,910	3
10/1/2004	58		$35,970	-49.27%	1	$35,970	$106,880	10
10/8/2004	68		$16,610	-53.82%	1	$16,610	$123,490	17
10/15/2004	68		$21,366	+28.63%	2	$10,683	$144,856	24
10/22/2004	67		$17,457	-18.30%	2	$8,729	$165,166	31
10/29/2004	66		$8,668	-50.35%	2	$4,334	$176,513	38
11/5/2004	69		$9,793	+12.98%	2	$4,897	$188,537	45
12/3/2004	97		$1,271		1	$1,271	$189,808	73
12/10/2004	108		$1,142	-10.15%	1	$1,142	$191,512	80
12/17/2004	93		$541	-52.63%	1	$541	$192,727	87
1/14/2005	83		$1,700		1	$1,700	$194,600	115
2/4/2005	69		$12,329		16	$771	$207,415	136
2/11/2005	96		$3,140	-74.53%	3	$1,047	$214,631	143
2/18/2005	123		$473	-84.94%	1	$473	$215,954	150
3/4/2005	95		$3,945		1	$3,945	$220,131	164
4/8/2005	80		$7,110		1	$7,110	$227,241	199

Daily Chart Record

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
2/21/2005	96		$71		1	$71	$216,025	151

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