American Concession (Shanghai)
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• Established | 1848 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1863 | ||||||||
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The American Concession or Settlement was a foreign enclave (a "concession") in Shanghai within the Qing Empire which existed from around 1848 until its unification with the city's British area to form the Shanghai International Settlement in 1863.
History[]
In 1845, the bishop of the American Episcopal Church W. J. Boone bought an area in Hongkew to create real estates in Shanghai, in the name of building a church. Later Boone proposed to create an American settlement in 1848, the Shanghai County agreed with him. On 25 June 1863 American consul George Seward signed an agreement with the head of Shanghai County Huang Fang (黃芳) to create the American Concession in Shanghai, which also confirmed the boundary of area.[1] On 21 September 1863, the American area was merged with the British as the Shanghai International Settlement.
See also[]
- Shanghai International Settlement
- British Concession (Shanghai)
- Shanghai French Concession
- List of former foreign enclaves in China
References[]
- ^ "虹口区志>>第一编境域·建置>>第一章境域>>第一节境域变迁" (in Chinese). Shanghai Office for Local Chronicles. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
- States and territories established in 1848
- States and territories disestablished in 1863
- Shanghai International Settlement
- Concessions in China
- Former regions and territories of the United States