Taken from The Manitoba Readers. Fourth Reader. Thomas Nelson & Sons. Clark Bros. & Co., Ltd, Winnipeg, c. 1898
"Tea Garden" was that era's euphemism for a tea plantation. Life for the "sweet-voiced, gaily-dressed coolie women" wasn't always flowers and chuckles:
"Tea Garden" was that era's euphemism for a tea plantation. Life for the "sweet-voiced, gaily-dressed coolie women" wasn't always flowers and chuckles:
To learn what Manitoba children were taught about life on an Indian tea plantation in the late 1800's, read On a Tea Plantation.
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