Twain–Ament indemnities controversy

Mark Twain (left, pictured in 1907) and William Scott Ament (right, pictured circa 1905), the two men at the forefront of the controversy.

The Twain–Ament indemnities controversy was a major cause célèbre in the United States of America in 1901 as a consequence of the published reactions of American humorist Mark Twain to reports of Rev. William Scott Ament and other missionaries collecting indemnities (in excess of losses) from Chinese people in the aftermath of the Boxer Uprising.

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