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Adobe building constructed in the 1870s by Chinese workers living in the railroad-adjacent mining town of Dutch Flat. The ruling effectively made white violence against Chinese Americans unprosecutable, arguably leading to more intense white-on-Chinese race riots, such as the 1877 San Francisco riot. The Chinese living in California were with ...
In the 1850s, Chinese workers migrated to the United States, first to work in the gold mines, but also to take agricultural jobs, and factory work, especially in the garment industry. Chinese immigrants were particularly instrumental in building railroads in the American West, and as Chinese laborers grew successful in the United States, a ...
For Chin, the history of these immigrants in the Old West is as important for Chinese American history as the story of the oppressed rebels who challenge the Emperor's authority in the Chinese classic novel Outlaws of the Marsh, which he references in "A Chinese Lady Dies"; Chin's love of the Old West includes a strong-sense of retribution for ...
The launch of the North-West America at Nootka Sound, 1788. In 1788, some 120 Chinese contract labourers arrived at Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island. [1] [2]: 312 British fur trader John Meares recruited an initial group of 50 sailors and artisans from Canton and Macao, China, hoping to build a trading post and encourage trade in sea otter pelts between Nootka Sound and Canton. [1]
The gold rush ended and the Chinese laborers sought work. While enduring a rugged terrain and challenging winter conditions, over 50,000 Chinese laborers built the railroad and over 1,000 died before it was finished in 1869. [7] [24] After railroad work dried up, the Chinese dispersed throughout the nation, taking on various jobs with low pay.
A diligent worker could save over $20 per month after paying for food and lodging—a "fortune" by Chinese standards. A snapshot of workers in late 1865 showed about 3,000 Chinese and 1,700 white workers employed on the railroad. Nearly all of the white workers were in supervisory or skilled craft positions and made more money than the Chinese.
In February 1866, R.S. Chilton, the commissioner of U.S. immigration argued in his report to Congress that under the 1862 act prohibiting coolie trade, importation of Chinese labor to the South should be prohibited and southerners should instead work out contracts with freed Blacks. However, because the commissioner associated Chinese ...
The main historical record for the Chinese Labor Strike of 1867 has come from a Stanford University initiative called the Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project. [6] This repository covers the Chinese Labor Strike of 1867 and includes research materials, [ 7 ] a bibliography , [ 8 ] a digital materials repository, [ 9 ] exhibits ...