Then in 1855 Chinese laborers were again brought over to Brazil in large numbers by Brazilian and American firms to help open up agriculture in that vast but sparsely populated land. It is estimated that by 1880 there were over 2,000 Chinese laborers in Brazil.
直到一八五五年，地廣人稀的巴西亟需農奴幫忙墾植，於是華工又在巴商、美商的招徠下大量出洋，估計到了一八八○年，在巴西的華工已有二千多人。