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Title
A girl who was sold into slavery at Yulin, China, 1937
Creator
Sprinkle, Fr
Date Created and/or Issued
1937-07
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Maryknoll Mission Archives, P.O. Box 305, Maryknoll, N.Y. 10545-0305; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/
archives@maryknoll.org ; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1669
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=17
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1917 ; Maryknoll Mission Archives.
Description
This is a photograph of a girl who was "sold into slavery by her father. A week later gave the last sacraments to her father and two months later buried him. His wife is anxious to get the girl back though formerly she was just as anxious to sell her from what they say."
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints 13.6 x 8.7 cm.
Identifier
impa-m6533 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-021-05-0005
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m6533
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-021-05-0005.jpg
Subject
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Children
Slavery
Portraits
Time Period
1937-07
Place
China
Watlam
Source
MKL/China/021/05/0005 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Photographs of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Maryknoll, New York, 1912-1945
impa-m338

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