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How sad that she was treated like an item or something you trade. I was also wondering about what four loathsome disease's she could get? Also four and a half years for $524, I guess back then it was a lot of money and the restrictions she had on that loan must have been awful. It also sound like to me that they didn't treat the Chinese women very well and they had no other job skills so they could make their life better. I wonder, like Ashley, did these women come forced or because they wanted to?-- Pam P. | How sad that she was treated like an item or something you trade. I was also wondering about what four loathsome disease's she could get? Also four and a half years for $524, I guess back then it was a lot of money and the restrictions she had on that loan must have been awful. It also sound like to me that they didn't treat the Chinese women very well and they had no other job skills so they could make their life better. I wonder, like Ashley, did these women come forced or because they wanted to?-- Pam P. | ||
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| + | When reading Xin Jin's contract for prostitution, I kept thinking: "Was that worth it to her?" Like Ashley pointed out, was this a voluntary move by Xin Jin to subject herself to four & a half years of prostitution in exchange for passage to America? --Ellen S. | ||
== Susan Shelby Magoffin in Santa Fe, 1846 == | == Susan Shelby Magoffin in Santa Fe, 1846 == | ||
