Project Gutenberg 2004-07-05 Public domain in the USA. 93 Andrew, Elizabeth Wheeler 1845 1917 Bushnell, Katharine C. (Katharine Caroline) 1855 1946 Bushnell, Katherine Caroline Bushnell, Katharine Caroline Heathen Slaves and Christian Rulers E-text prepared by the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Heathen Slaves and Christian Rulers" by Elizabeth Andrew and Katharine Bushnell is a historical account published in the early 20th century that examines the dark realities of slavery and prostitution in colonial Hong Kong. The book aims to shed light on the complex moral failures of individuals who identify as Christians but were complicit in establishing and maintaining systems of oppression against vulnerable women, particularly in the context of the sex trade. The opening of the book establishes a sobering introduction to the issues of slavery and exploitation in early colonial Hong Kong, particularly as they pertain to Chinese women. The authors discuss how Western powers, under the guise of civilization, contributed to the systemic abuse and commodification of these women. Various governmental and social systems are examined to reveal a network of complicity that offered “protection” to women while simultaneously perpetuating their enslavement. The introduction highlights specific examples of cruelty and statutory failures that facilitated a thriving environment for brothel slavery, making a poignant case that the moral decay observed in the East can be traced back to the actions of Westerners who have historically traded in both goods and human misery. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 60.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Prostitution -- China -- Hong Kong HQ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Sociology 479605 2025-06-21T18:04:24.507213 text/html 479575 479464 2024-11-06T04:51:15.799296 2023-10-06T06:45:26.254387 text/html text/html 264417 2025-06-21T18:04:43.058104 application/epub+zip 270454 2025-06-21T18:04:34.045140 application/epub+zip 240435 2025-06-21T18:04:28.903151 application/epub+zip 538442 2025-06-21T18:04:51.189103 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 514476 2025-06-21T18:04:42.170053 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 479638 2022-09-06T22:39:36.106006 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 451053 2025-06-21T18:04:23.984242 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 431175 2024-10-28T19:53:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 11796 2025-06-21T18:04:51.346050 application/rdf+xml 21440 2025-06-21T18:04:33.269122 image/jpeg 4865 2025-06-21T18:04:32.995104 image/jpeg 266353 2025-06-21T18:04:24.548192 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia