Handlen med kulier blev ofte sammenlignet med den tidlige slavehandel og handlen havde det samme formål.<ref>{{Citation|title=Coolie Trade in the 19th Century|url=http://blog.lib.umn.edu/globerem/main/2002/05/coolie-trade-in-the-19th-centu.html|access-date=29. maj 2013|archive-date= 6. oktober 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006175948/http://blog.lib.umn.edu/globerem/main/2002/05/coolie-trade-in-the-19th-centu.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><!-- <ref>{{cite book|title=New System of Slavery|author=Hugh Tinker|year=1993|isbn=978-1-870518-18-5|publisher=Hansib Publishing, London}}</ref><ref name=CoolieLabor18>{{cite web|url=http://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1081&context=cibs&sei-redir=1&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Furl%3Fsa%3Dt%26rct%3Dj%26q%3Dchinese%2520coolies%2520cuba%26source%3Dweb%26cd%3D10%26cad%3Drja%26ved%3D0CFcQFjAJ%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fscholarworks.umass.edu%252Fcgi%252Fviewcontent.cgi%253Farticle%253D1081%2526context%253Dcibs%26ei%3DmM26UcqwMYS0yAHo3ICwCg%26usg%3DAFQjCNHvuI6ERx2y7vvOV56zTN3MktJVNg%26bvm%3Dbv.47883778%2Cd.aWc#search=%22chinese%20coolies%20cuba%22|title=Coolie Labor|author=Evelyn Hu-DeHart|publisher=University of Colorado|access-date=14. juni 2013}}</ref>
 --> Selvom der er rapporter om skibstransporter med kvinder og børn, var langt de fleste af de handlede kulier mænd.
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