They were criminals. Back then criminals weren't given luxuries like they are today. They were the lowest of the low and were treated as such.
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There are many types of convicts but the main ones are government service convicts, assigned convicts, expirees, emancipists and ticket of leave convicts.
They were simply called "convicts".
they were treated bad in the US because of how they looked. it was easy to tell a Chinese American from a European American. The Chinese dressed differently looked different smoked opium. They were treaded bad because they were so diffrent, because they stood out so much from the rest of the population
it means descended form convicts
they were bored.