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o. 200: the population of San Francisco in 1846.
o. 25,000: the population of San Francisco in 1849.
o. 300: the number of women living in San Francisco in 1849.
o. 200: the number of those women who were prostitutes.
o. 1,400: the number of murders in San Francisco from 1850-1856
o. 3: the number of murderers hanged during the same period.
One number that we'll never know are the amount of people who were abducted, taken out to sea during this time period, and forced to, among other things, use words like "ahoy." It happened so much that a particular word was invented for the practice and it has since entered the American lexicon: to shanghai someone.
The Barbary Coast was the physical hangover-a living, breathing collective gasp of desperation-of the Gold Rush. It created a lawless atmosphere that not even Moscow could compete with today.Continue reading Shanghai Surprise: the Language of San Francisco and the Barbary CoastShanghai Surprise: the Language of San Francisco and the Barbary Coast originally appeared on Gadling on Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
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