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Updated: June 7, 2025

Then woman take her to Englishman and say, 'She first-class girl, and he say, 'I make her my wife, but he not good; he no husband; he go away to his house England. Thus she described in a few simple words the tragedy of her life with tears in her eyes; her training for vice; her sale; her hopes of marriage; her desertion; the outcome, her consignment to a Government-licensed brothel.

Elizabeth Wheeler Andrew - Heathen Slaves and Christian Rulers