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EPISODE · Jan 22, 2026 · 9 MIN

Shanghaiing in Portland: How the 'crimping' business worked (1 of 2)

from Offbeat Oregon History podcast · host Finn J.D. John

Shanghaiing was the most extreme form of a practice called 'crimping,' which was basically a human-trafficking operation that ran on something like forced indebtedness. (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/2511a1006c.portland-shanghaiing-capital-of-world-710.076.html)

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