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# The Diary of Afong Moy | The History of White People in America, Episode 4
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/independent-lens/specials/the-history-of-white-people-in-america-episode-4-amuhqc/
- Published: 2024-10-07T17:16:09.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T05:48:22.000Z
- Description: How America's first Chinese woman was exhibited and exploited as a circus oddity in 1830s New York.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Independent Lens, #ZZZ_Show_0b7db2c5-17c9-47e3-a2fa-022bad749896, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Special_7ecd02e5-bf69-495c-a908-2d74484ea711, #special

Acclaimed poet Sally Wen Mao narrates the animated history of Afong Moy, America’s first recorded Chinese woman. She was brought to America by merchants and was exhibited as a circus oddity in 1830s New York City. She was eventually managed and exploited by circus showman P.T. Barnum as a sideshow attraction.