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- Ah_Toy abstract "Ah Toy (Cantonese: 亞彩 Aa3 Coi2; c. 1828–1928) was a Cantonese-born American prostitute and madam in San Francisco, California during the California Gold Rush, and purportedly the first Chinese prostitute in San Francisco. Arriving from Hong Kong in 1849, she quickly became the most well-known Asian woman in the Old West. She reportedly was a tall, attractive woman with bound feet.When Ah Toy left China for the United States, she originally traveled with her husband, who died during the voyage. Toy became the mistress of the ship's captain, who showered gold upon her, so much so that by the time she arrived in San Francisco, Toy had a fair bit of money. Before 1851 there were only seven Chinese women known to be in the city, and noticing the looks she drew from the men in her new town, she figured they would pay for a closer look. Her peep shows became quite successful, and she was known to charge an ounce of gold (sixteen dollars) for a \"lookee\". She quickly became the most famous Chinese prostitute, and one of the highest paid and most famous in San Francisco.Ah Toy was a determined and intelligent woman and frequently used the San Francisco Court systems to protect herself and her business from exploitation. Toy proceeded to open a chain of brothels, importing girls from China as young as eleven years old to work in them. By 1854 however, Ah Toy was no longer able to take her grievances to court. In the case People v. Hall, the California Supreme court reversed the conviction of George Hall, who had murdered a Chinese man, extending a California law that African Americans and Native Americans could not testify in court to include the Chinese. While this law was not directed at prostitutes, it severely handicapped Ah Toy’s ability to protect herself from the domineering Chinese Tongs that had for so long sought to control her and her business. Coupled with the anti-prostitution law of 1854, which was carried out mainly against the Chinese, the pressure to stay successfully in business became too great, and Ah Toy withdrew from San Francisco’s prostitution business. Towards the end of her life she supposedly returned to China a wealthy woman to live the rest of her days in comfort, but returned to California not long afterward. From 1868 until her death in 1928, she lived a quiet life in Santa Clara County, returning to public attention only upon dying three months short of her hundredth birthday in San Jose.".
- Ah_Toy birthDate "1828".
- Ah_Toy birthYear "1828".
- Ah_Toy deathDate "1928".
- Ah_Toy deathYear "1928".
- Ah_Toy wikiPageExternalLink p_chinese.html.
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- Ah_Toy wikiPageRevisionID "692156863".
- Ah_Toy wikiPageWikiLink American_frontier.
- Ah_Toy wikiPageWikiLink Asia.
- Ah_Toy wikiPageWikiLink California.
- Ah_Toy wikiPageWikiLink California_Gold_Rush.
- Ah_Toy wikiPageWikiLink Cantonese.
- Ah_Toy wikiPageWikiLink Cantonese_people.
- Ah_Toy wikiPageWikiLink Category:1828_births.
- Ah_Toy wikiPageWikiLink Category:1928_deaths.
- Ah_Toy wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_pimps_and_madams.
- Ah_Toy wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_prostitutes.
- Ah_Toy wikiPageWikiLink Category:Cantonese_people.
- Ah_Toy wikiPageWikiLink Category:Chinatown,_San_Francisco.
- Ah_Toy wikiPageWikiLink Category:Chinese_emigrants_to_the_United_States.
- Ah_Toy wikiPageWikiLink Category:Chinese_female_prostitutes.
- Ah_Toy wikiPageWikiLink Category:History_of_San_Francisco,_California.
- Ah_Toy wikiPageWikiLink Category:People_of_the_American_Old_West.
- Ah_Toy wikiPageWikiLink China.
- Ah_Toy wikiPageWikiLink Foot_binding.
- Ah_Toy wikiPageWikiLink Hong_Kong.
- Ah_Toy wikiPageWikiLink Peep_show.
- Ah_Toy wikiPageWikiLink People_v._Hall.
- Ah_Toy wikiPageWikiLink Procuring_(prostitution).
- Ah_Toy wikiPageWikiLink Prostitution.
- Ah_Toy wikiPageWikiLink San_Francisco.
- Ah_Toy wikiPageWikiLink San_Francisco_Court_system.
- Ah_Toy wikiPageWikiLink San_Jose,_California.
- Ah_Toy wikiPageWikiLink Santa_Clara_County,_California.
- Ah_Toy wikiPageWikiLink United_States.
- Ah_Toy wikiPageWikiLinkText "Ah Toy".
- Ah_Toy dateOfBirth "1828".
- Ah_Toy dateOfDeath "1928".
- Ah_Toy name "Toy, Ah".
- Ah_Toy shortDescription "American madam".
- Ah_Toy wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Persondata.
- Ah_Toy wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Ah_Toy description "American madam".
- Ah_Toy description "American madam".
- Ah_Toy subject Category:1828_births.
- Ah_Toy subject Category:1928_deaths.
- Ah_Toy subject Category:American_pimps_and_madams.
- Ah_Toy subject Category:American_prostitutes.
- Ah_Toy subject Category:Cantonese_people.
- Ah_Toy subject Category:Chinatown,_San_Francisco.
- Ah_Toy subject Category:Chinese_emigrants_to_the_United_States.
- Ah_Toy subject Category:Chinese_female_prostitutes.
- Ah_Toy subject Category:History_of_San_Francisco,_California.
- Ah_Toy subject Category:People_of_the_American_Old_West.
- Ah_Toy hypernym Prostitute.
- Ah_Toy type Agent.
- Ah_Toy type Person.
- Ah_Toy type Person.
- Ah_Toy type History.
- Ah_Toy type Page.
- Ah_Toy type Prostitute.
- Ah_Toy type Worker.
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- Ah_Toy type Agent.
- Ah_Toy type NaturalPerson.
- Ah_Toy type Thing.
- Ah_Toy type Q215627.
- Ah_Toy type Q5.
- Ah_Toy type Person.
- Ah_Toy comment "Ah Toy (Cantonese: 亞彩 Aa3 Coi2; c. 1828–1928) was a Cantonese-born American prostitute and madam in San Francisco, California during the California Gold Rush, and purportedly the first Chinese prostitute in San Francisco. Arriving from Hong Kong in 1849, she quickly became the most well-known Asian woman in the Old West. She reportedly was a tall, attractive woman with bound feet.When Ah Toy left China for the United States, she originally traveled with her husband, who died during the voyage.".
- Ah_Toy label "Ah Toy".
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- Ah_Toy sameAs А_Той.
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- Ah_Toy wasDerivedFrom Ah_Toy?oldid=692156863.
- Ah_Toy givenName "Ah".
- Ah_Toy isPrimaryTopicOf Ah_Toy.
- Ah_Toy name "Ah Toy".
- Ah_Toy name "Toy, Ah".
- Ah_Toy surname "Toy".