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Tongs associated with importing women to America fought over territories and profits. This became known as the "Tong Wars", which were a series of violent attacks between two branches of the Tong Gang, the Hip Sing Tong and On Leong Tong
The Tong Wars were a series of violent disputes beginning in the late 19th century among rival Chinese Tong factions centered in the Chinatowns of various American cities, in particular San Francisco.
Tong war, any of several feuds carried on in U.S. cities (e.g., San Francisco and Los Angeles) between gangs of Chinese immigrants or their descendants. These gang wars spanned a 70-year period beginning in the 1850s and continuing until the 1920s.
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Dec 6, 2020 · The Tong Wars were a series of intergang conflicts in urban American settings in the late-19th and early-20th centuries, with San Francisco being a particular hotspot of tong activity. A "tong" was an organization meant to provide support to Chinese immigrants, who faced significant discrimination. Criminal activities would eventually arise out ...
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Jan 22, 2018 · On October 24, 1871, Robert Thompson, a saloonkeeper turned rancher, cautiously approached the front door of a house on Calle de los Negroes (aka “Negro Alley”). The occupants, members of a neighborhood Chinese tong, were quiet now, but they were well armed, and they had shot a police officer.
Mar 22, 2017 · In Tong Wars, Scott Seligman tracks the rise, internal functioning, and conflicts of New York City’s two main Chinese gangs, or tongs, from the 1880s to the 1930s. Seligman provides a thoroughly researched and tightly focused study of the On Leong and Hip Sing tongs that battled for control in the city’s Chinatown.
Jul 5, 2016 · Learn about the history and violence of the tongs, secret societies of Chinese immigrants in New York City from the 1890s to the 1930s. The book Tong Wars by Scott D. Seligman reveals the stories of the On Leong and Hip Sing, the two main rivals, and their battles over gambling, opium, and power.
