The American West at the close of the 19th century was a land of contradiction.
Progress-minded business men, pioneers intent on building a home, railroad magnates with dreams of empires and those who gradually saw their freedoms disappear through greed and lawlessness.
Such was the fate of the young Chinese women sold as servants by mainland Chinese families and sent to serve as prostitutes in the towns and camps of the American Midwest. Theirs was a fate worse than death.
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