Meanings of cantonese coolies in английском

He brought thousands of Cantonese coolies into Hawaii, and his wealth began to grow.

But, with comparatively few exceptions, they are from the lower classes of a single province of Kwan-tung-Cantonesecoolies.

By August, 1860, thirteen thousand British troops, seven thousand French, and two thousand five hundred Cantonese coolies, were ready to make another attempt.