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 DUTCH SLAVE METHODS 161 tern of recruitment was added, by treaty provisions for a tribute in full-grown slaves. The Dutch industrial system in the East, thus A TROPICAL 8CENE IN INDIA. founded on the most rigorous forms of slavery, was eventually softened through successive stages of forced labour. It produced for a time enormous profits. A tropical soil was made to yield as it had never yielded before, and its fruits were monopolized by Holland.