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Mabel Ping-Hua Lee – Chinese advocate for women's suffrage in the United States, community organizer in New York City's Chinatown, and leader of the First Chinese Baptist Church in Chinatown. Wong Chin Foo (王清福) – 19th-century civil rights activist and journalist
List of Chinese leaders; List of leaders of the People's Republic of China; List of people from Lishui; List of Chinese monarchs; List of emperors of the Liao dynasty; List of emperors of the Ming dynasty; List of emperors of the Qing dynasty; List of emperors of the Song dynasty; List of emperors of the Tang dynasty; List of leaders of the ...
In 1870, Harper's Weekly claimed 250 Chinese laborers passed through Omaha to build a railroad in Texas. [89] The city's first noted burial of a Chinese person occurred at Prospect Hill Cemetery in July 1874, and an Omaha newspaper noted the local Chinese population was 12 men and one woman. In 1890, Omaha had 91 Chinese residents, and the city ...
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 ...
Idaho saw an influx of Chinese Immigrants in the late-19th century, and by 1870 saw a population of around 4,000 Chinese immigrants. [1] The influx of Chinese immigrants in the Pacific Northwest and the rest of the Western United States led to retaliation by whites, leading to anti-Chinese sentiment in the United States.
Waves of Chinese emigration have happened throughout history. They include the emigration to Southeast Asia beginning from the 10th century during the Tang dynasty, to the Americas during the 19th century, particularly during the California gold rush in the mid-1800s; general emigration initially around the early to mid 20th century which was mainly caused by corruption, starvation, and war ...
pinyin Wade-Giles Traditional Chinese name Simplified Chinese name Dates Notes An Zhengwen: An Cheng-wen: 安正文: 安正文: Ming dynasty: Biān Jǐngzhāo: Pien Ching-chao
The history of Chinese Americans or the history of ethnic Chinese in the United States includes three major waves of Chinese immigration to the United States, beginning in the 19th century. Chinese immigrants in the 19th century worked in the California Gold Rush of the 1850s and the Central Pacific Railroad in the 1860s. They also worked as ...