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050 00 $aHQ316.S4$bS55 2019
082 00 $a306.3/620979461$223
100 1 $aSiler, Julia Flynn,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe white devil's daughters :$bthe women who fought slavery in San Francisco's Chinatown /$cJulia Flynn Siler.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bAlfred A. Knopf,$c2019.
264 4 $c℗♭2019
300 $axii, 423 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
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337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
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500 $a"This is a Borzoi Book."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [359]-406) and index.
520 $a"A revelatory history of the trafficking of young Asian girls that flourished in San Francisco during the first century of Chinese immigration (1848-1943) and the "safe house" on the edge of Chinatown that became a refuge for those seeking their freedom. From 1874, a house on the edge of San Francisco's Chinatown served as a gateway to freedom for thousands of enslaved and vulnerable young Chinese women and girls. Known as the Occidental Mission Home, it survived earthquakes, fire, bubonic plague, and violence directed against its occupants and supporters--a courageous group of female abolitionists who fought the slave trade in Chinese women. With compassion and an investigative historian's sharp eyes, Siler tells the story of both the abolitionists, who challenged the corrosive, anti-Chinese prejudices of the time, and the young women who dared to flee their fate. She relates how the women who ran the house defied contemporary convention, even occasionally broke the law, by physically rescuing children from the brothels where they worked, or snatching them off the ships smuggling them in, and helped bring the exploiters to justice. She has also uncovered the stories of many of the girls and young women who came to the Mission and the lives they later led, sometimes becoming part of the home's staff themselves. A remarkable story of an overlooked part of our history, told with sympathy and vigor"--$cProvided by publisher.
505 0 $aQueen's room -- "The cussedest place for women" -- Reveille cry -- "No ordinary person" -- Victorian compromise -- Inked thumbprints -- The celestial quarter -- "To have a little Chinaman" -- Baiting the hook -- Life as a mui tsai -- "A worse slavery than ever uncle tom knew of " -- Dynamite -- Devil's playground -- Chinatown in tears -- Year of the rat -- Instant fame -- Municipal storm -- "Forcing me into the life" -- "I may go to sleep tonight and then find myself in hell!" -- A deathbed promise -- Taking public stands -- Pink curtain -- Courage to fight evil -- The Chinese Mark Twain -- "'Ell of a place!" -- The Lord is my shepherd -- "The stress of circumstances" -- Homecomings -- Municipal crib -- Paper son -- Dragon stories -- Tiny -- Missionaries of the home -- Matchmaking -- The "joy zone" -- Fruit tramps -- "Are you wearing a mask and taking precautions?" -- Quiet defiance -- "Sargy" -- Bessie -- Heavens for courage -- The thwack of bouncing balls -- Little general -- Shangri-la -- Broken blossoms -- Epilogue: "Blessed Tien."
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650 0 $aHuman trafficking$zCalifornia$zSan Francisco.
650 0 $aSocial work with prostitutes$zCalifornia$zSan Francisco$xHistory.
650 0 $aChinese$zCalifornia$zSan Francisco$xHistory.
650 0 $aWomen abolitionists$zUnited States$xHistory.
651 0 $aUnited States$xEmigration and immigration$xHistory.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aSiler, Julia Flynn, author.$tWhite devil's daughters$bFirst edition.$dNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019$z9781101875278$w(DLC) 2018054367
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