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THOUSAND PIECES OF GOLD Lalu was a Chinese-American pioneer woman who overcomes poverty, footbinding, and slavery to build a life of relative freedom in the American Northwest. From Shanghai to San Francisco, Lalu's courageous journey was an important contribution to the history of Asian pioneer women on the American frontier. Lalu is first sold to a brothel and then to a slave merchant bound for America, before being auctioned to a saloonkeeper, and finally offered …

…Charlie wins her years later in a poker game. She lives with him, but in fierce chastity, until Charlie is shot and as Lalu nurses him back to health, she falls in love with him. So it was hard for Lalu because slavery began in 1870's and when it ended, Lalu didn't even realize that and still was a slave until someone told her. So it was really hard for her. She went through alot.