The original Siamese Twins
The first Asian residents of North Carolina were a world-famous pair of conjoined twin brothers. And they later became quite possibly the country’s first Asian American citizens. This week, we tell the almost unbelievable story of Chang and Eng Bunker and explore the complicated legacy they left behind in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Featuring:
Joe Orser, author of The Lives of Chang and Eng: Siam's Twins in Nineteenth-Century America
Eli Chen, digital news producer at WUNC News
Links:
From Now On from the musical Chang and Eng
The Siamese Twins Museum in Mount Airy, NC
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