Amelia Jane

DESCRIPTION: ""In the lands away beyond the sea, where Khan and Sultan rule," they keep slaves. They don't call it that elsewhere, but life is just as hard. Mrs. MacFee acts pious and charitable, but what she did to her "employee" Amelia Jane shows it is not true
AUTHOR: David McKee Wright (1867-1928) (source: Bailey/Roth-ShantiesByTheWay-NZ)
EARLIEST DATE: 1900 (Wright's "Wisps of Tussock," according to Bailey/Roth-ShantiesByTheWay-NZ)
KEYWORDS: worker hardtimes slave
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Bailey/Roth-ShantiesByTheWay-NZ, pp. 129-130, "Amelia Jane" (1 text)
File: BRo129

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