their families the landlords or riots to whom they were attached provided financial assistance to them. Small portion of harvested paddy was also given to them as
adayam (income. However, they were paid relatively lower rates of wages and were expected to turn up for work whenever their masters wanted. Again, they had to work from dawn to dusk and all the children in their households had to join for work with their adults at the age of 14. The attached labour families were not given the ownership of the hutments in which they lived and could be evicted if their masters decided so. The concerned landlords and tenant farmers
dictated their wage rates,
work conditions, mode of payments and pattern of discipline.
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