Eng and chang bunker biography of abraham

They were joined at the sternum by a short, flexible band of flesh and cartilage, through which their livers were connected. In fact, they had a total of 21 children between them, setting a record for the most children born to unseparated twins.

Scrapbook of research on Chang and Eng Bunker and their family.

Chang and Eng were discovered in by a Scottish businessman named Robert Hunter. Sensing their money-making potential, he convinced the twins to come to America, although rumours later circulated that the twins' mother sold them to Hunter. It took Hunter five years to get the twins out of Siam as the king reportedly forbade them from leaving the country.

Chang and Eng eventually arrived in America in , aged Their early shows saw them performing physical feats such as somersaults and swimming, however, after touring the British Isles, learning to speak English, and then getting out of their original contract, Chang and Eng took control of their act. They hired their own staff and began to engage audiences in a more formal parlour setting, where they talked and answered questions.

The Bunker twins eventually settled in North Carolina and gained American citizenship, which they enjoyed the full benefits of: over 15 years after allegedly being sold into servitude by their mother, Chang and Eng bought their own slave plantation. They married sisters Adelaide and Sarah Yates and set up two separate houses, spending three days at a time in each.

Between them, the twins fathered 21 children: Chang and Adelaide had 10, whilst Eng and Sarah had With Chang and Eng it was never really documented how they conducted themselves in a sexually intimate way, but it is interesting to note that when the wives had their children, they delivered only maybe four or five days apart, which suggests some kind of coordination.

A Biographical Sketch comprising of the story of the childhood in Siam, their travels in America and Europe, their marriage and domestic life, their misfortunes.

These children would either grow up to be sold for profit or they would work the plantation fields. The Bunkers' ownership of slaves, in addition to their support for the Confederacy during the Civil War, negatively affected the way their audiences viewed them when they returned to touring after the war. The twins persisted nonetheless - mostly due to financial necessity after losing their slaves — presenting themselves as poor old men with large families to support.