American Concession (Shanghai)

American Concession in Shanghai

Foreign Enclave

1848–1863

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• Established

1848

• Disestablished

21 September 1863

Preceded by

Succeeded by

Shanghai County

Shanghai International Settlement

The American Concession or Settlement was a foreign enclave (a "concession") within present-day Shanghai which existed from around 1848 until its unification with the city's British area to form the Shanghai International Settlement in 1863.

The concession was located north of the Suzhou River and west of the Huangpu River, in what are today parts of Hongkou District and Jing'an District.

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 and in 1848, the Shanghai County approved the proposal. 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.

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.

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International	Kulangsu International Settlement Peking Legation Quarter Shanghai International Settlement
Austria-Hungary	Austro-Hungarian concession of Tianjin
Belgium	Belgian concession of Tianjin
France	Leased Territory of Guangzhouwan French concession of Hankou Kunming–Haiphong railway French concession of Shamian Island Shanghai French Concession French concession of Tianjin
Germany	German concession of Hankou Kiautschou Bay Leased Territory German concession of Tianjin
Italy	Italian concession of Amoy Italian concession of Shanghai Italian concession of Tianjin
Japan	Japanese concession of Chongqing Japanese concession of Hangzhou Japanese concession of Hankou Kiautschou Bay concession Kwantung Leased Territory/South Manchuria Railway Zone Japanese concession of Shashi Japanese concession of Suzhou Japanese concession of Tianjin
Russia / Soviet Union	Chinese Eastern Railway, Harbin Russian Dalian Russian concession of Hankou Liaodong Peninsula Port Arthur Russian concession of Tianjin
United Kingdom	British concession of Amoy British concession of Dalian British Weihaiwei British concession of Hankou Hong Kong British Concession of Jiujiang Liugong Island British concession of Shamian Island British concession of Shanghai British consulate of Tengchong British concession of Tianjin British concession of Zhenjiang
United States	American Concession (Shanghai) American concession of Tianjin

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