Immigration History presents a brief summary, writer unknown, of the Geary Act of 1892- the Act that added additional immigration…
The Los Angeles Public Library features a May 19, 2017 article, by Kelly Wallace, that gives an account of the Chinese massacre…
Note: This excerpt is from the 2-volume book called The American Commonwealth published by Viscount James Bryce in 1889. This book…
Note: See p. 144-147.Google Books provides an excerpt of William Wei's book, Asians in Colorado: A History of Persecution and…
Note: Racial epithets used. "Cooly" or "Coolie" was an offensive term used to refer to Asian immigrants.This San Diego State…
Note: No transcript included.DocsTeach presents the original copy of the Geary Act- the Act that added additional immigration…
San Diego State University presents a transcription of the Geary Act of 1892- the Act that added additional immigration…
Immigration to the United States features a profile written by Joseph Dewey on the role of the Chinese Six Companies—an…
Stanford University presents an article (2020) from the Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project, by Yong Chen, on the…
History Matters features a February 28, 1878 historical appeal by Denis Kearney and H. L. Knight, leaders of the California…
The Library of Congress features an 1885 appeal to Congress by Californian and other West Coast residents on the issues of…
The Department of State, Office of the Historian provides contextual background information on the Burlingame-Seward Treaty- an…
The Museum of the City of San Francisco features the perspective of writer Henry George on Denis Kearney- an Irish immigrant and…
The UC Hastings College of Law presents the Appellant's Brief in support of the U.S. government in the case against Wong Kim Ark -…
The UC Hastings College of Law presents the Appellant's (U.S. government) Reply in the case against Wong Kim Ark - a…
The UC Hastings College of Law presents the Brief for the Appelle in support of Wong Kim Ark - a California-born Chinese American…