A Respectable Trade

Who is Died of Shame from A Respectable Trade and what is their importance?

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Died of Shame is the name chosen by the woman who is raped by Sir Charles, John Bates, and another young man. She is brought to the Cole household at the same time as Mehuru. After the rapes, she asks Mehuru to pray for her death. She is buried in a pauper's grave without ceremony.

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