Indentured service continued through the 18th and into the 19th century. In fact there was not appreciable decline in the number of German “free-willers” who entered Maryland until after 1817, when legislation protecting the servants made the trade unprofitable for the shipmasters.

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Along the middle section of the Canton-Hankou railroad, which is located in Chu-chou in Hunan Province, the railroad is connected with the Chechiang-Chiangsi railroad to reach the nation's largest city - Shanghai.

The extinct koala lemurs (Megaladapis) were much larger than their extant relatives, the nocturnal sportive lemurs (Lepilemur), but they resembled the latter in diet (leaves) and commitment to life in the trees.