Bow Kum
Deceased Person
1888 – 1909
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Who was Bow Kum?
Bow Kum was a Chinese-born slave girl who belonged to the Hip Sing Tong and later to the On Leong Tong around the turn of the 20th century. Her murder was one of the most well-publicized and notorious crimes in New York's history and was the cause of the year-long Tong War between the On Leong Tong and its rivals the Hip Sings and the Four Brothers.
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- Born
- 1888
Guangzhou - Spouses
- Nationality
- China
- United States of America
- Died
- Aug 15, 1909
Chinatown
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on July 23, 2013
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