Richard Auffrey introduces us to a Chinese teenager known only as Chou, who signed on with a Boston sea captain, who brought him back to Boston in 1796. Two years later, Chou fell to his death from the mast of the captain's ship. He's buried in the Central Burying Ground.
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* spoiler alert *
By anon
Fri, 11/06/2020 - 12:35pm
Slavery was bad. The end.
Sadly,
By perruptor
Sun, 11/08/2020 - 7:24pm
Not the end ...
Wow
By Anon
Fri, 11/06/2020 - 7:05pm
Could you imagine that ride back then? It would be the biggest chapter of your life
I knew a little of the story of this tombstone.
By Lee
Fri, 11/06/2020 - 10:09pm
But now I know more. Thanks!
I know Auffrey mostly as a terrific food writer, but I really
By MC Slim JB
Fri, 11/06/2020 - 11:06pm
enjoy his historical writing about Boston beyond that world, too.
Is that the one on the
By Don't Panic
Sat, 11/07/2020 - 8:21am
Is that the one on the Commons?
No
By anon
Sat, 11/07/2020 - 3:37pm
it's on the Common.
*Common
By eeka
Sun, 11/08/2020 - 7:17pm
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