9781101875261-1101875267-The White Devil's Daughters: The Women Who Fought Slavery in San Francisco's Chinatown

The White Devil's Daughters: The Women Who Fought Slavery in San Francisco's Chinatown

ISBN-13: 9781101875261
ISBN-10: 1101875267
Edition: First Edition
Author: Julia Flynn Siler
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: Knopf
Format: Hardcover 448 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781101875261
ISBN-10: 1101875267
Edition: First Edition
Author: Julia Flynn Siler
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: Knopf
Format: Hardcover 448 pages

Summary

The White Devil's Daughters: The Women Who Fought Slavery in San Francisco's Chinatown (ISBN-13: 9781101875261 and ISBN-10: 1101875267), written by authors Julia Flynn Siler, was published by Knopf in 2019. With an overall rating of 4.0 stars, it's a notable title among other State & Local (United States History, Sociology, Americas History) books. You can easily purchase or rent The White Devil's Daughters: The Women Who Fought Slavery in San Francisco's Chinatown (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used State & Local books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.56.

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A revelatory history of the trafficking of young Asian girls that flourished in San Francisco during the first hundred years of Chinese immigration (1848-1943) and an in-depth look at the "safe house" that became a refuge for those seeking their freedom

Beginning in 1874, the Occidental Mission Home on the edge of San Francisco's Chinatown served as a gateway to freedom for thousands of enslaved and vulnerable young Chinese women and girls. Run by a courageous group of female abolitionists who fought the slave trade in Chinese women, it survived earthquakes, fire, bubonic plague, and violence directed against its occupants and supporters. With compassion and an investigative historian's sharp eye, Siler tells the story of both the abolitionists who challenged the corrosive anti-Chinese prejudices of the time and the young women who dared to flee their fate. She relates how the women who ran the home defied contemporary convention--even occasionally breaking the law--by physically rescuing children from the brothels where they worked or by snatching them off ships as they were being smuggled in--and how they helped bring the exploiters to justice. She also shares the moving stories of many of the girls and young women who sought refuge at the mission, and she writes about the lives they went on to lead. This is a remarkable chapter in an overlooked part of our history, told with sympathy and vigor.
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