I just learned that there were Chinese Americans who fought for the Confederacy https://t.co/twLXMg8Epr pic.twitter.com/RRU3Nf5Ad6
— ib (@lndian_Bronson) May 25, 2023
Chang and Eng Bunker were Confederate-sympathizing slaveowners https://t.co/OcCAI0YeHN
— caroline mccarthy š¦ (@caro) May 25, 2023
Omg *the* Siamese twins
— ib (@lndian_Bronson) May 25, 2023
Yup!! At least one of the two had a son who fought for the Confederacy
— caroline mccarthy š¦ (@caro) May 25, 2023
Wouldnāt both of them have had that son? Because of the anatomy?
— ib (@lndian_Bronson) May 25, 2023
Apparently not! They were joined at the liver in a way that today would be considered easy to separate through surgery. Looks like each of them had a son who served in the war, and those sons are genetically considered to be first cousins.
— caroline mccarthy š¦ (@caro) May 25, 2023
One of chang's descendants almost became governor of Florida in 2010https://t.co/7qX8uhwH8S
— River Page (@river_is_nice) May 25, 2023
History is always far more complicated and interesting than we think it may be.
Patriactionary 
Will S.
May 25, 2023 at 11:26 pm
Reblogged this on Will S.' Random Weirdness Blog.
feeriker
May 26, 2023 at 9:06 am
Yes, Chang and Eng’s story is very well known – or should be, but most people are ignorant of history.
By the time the Civil War broke out, the twins were wealthy enough to have stopped touring and had retired to their South Carolina plantations (their wives were Southern Belle sisters). Unfortunately, they invested their fortunes in the Confederacy, which ruined them financially after the South’s defeat and they had to go back into business touring again.
With the New Woke Order, will Chang and Eng now be vilified, their victim status as exploited Asian freaks of nature trumped by the fact that they were wealthy owners of black slaves?
Will S.
May 26, 2023 at 11:00 am
I suspect they will be vilified.
Slave-owning?
Pro-CSA?
Clearly white supremaciss! š
electricangel
May 26, 2023 at 10:20 am
Clearly they didn’t have divided loyalties.
Will S.
May 26, 2023 at 11:01 am
{Snort} lol
electricangel
May 26, 2023 at 11:14 am
Cheap one, I know, but you take them where you see them.
Will S.
May 26, 2023 at 11:33 am
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feeriker
May 26, 2023 at 3:50 pm
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Will S.
May 26, 2023 at 3:56 pm
Ever wonder how the two conjoined twins engaged in marital intimacy with the two sisters?
Not much privacy, just saying… š
Will S.
May 26, 2023 at 3:57 pm
Also wondering if they slept four to a bed… š
Will S.
May 26, 2023 at 3:58 pm
Or maybe a king bed for the conjoined twin brothers, and a single bed for each wife/sister, except when intimate. š
Will S.
May 26, 2023 at 3:59 pm
Don’t tell me you didn’t think these things; only I had the poor taste to bring them up, publicly. š
fuzziewuzziebear
May 27, 2023 at 12:13 am
The logistics had to be complicated, but where there is a will, there must be a way. š
Will S.
May 27, 2023 at 4:24 am
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