Historical Report: Reading of an Address Delivered by the Chinese Six Companies in the Spring of 1876
Subject
Chinese Six Companies
Title
Historical Report: Reading of an Address Delivered by the Chinese Six Companies in the Spring of 1876
Date
2/27/1877
Type
Historical Report
Description
Note: See p. 39.
HathiTrust features an excerpt from the U.S Joint Special Committee Report that contains an address made by the Chinese Six Companies, a benevolent organization of the six most powerful Chinese companies in California. The address provides the Chinese Six Companies’ perspective on the issue of Chinese immigration to the United States and the question of Chinese exclusion. Other themes include: economic hardship, racial discrimination against Chinese people, demands for Chinese labor.
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HathiTrust features an excerpt from the U.S Joint Special Committee Report that contains an address made by the Chinese Six Companies, a benevolent organization of the six most powerful Chinese companies in California. The address provides the Chinese Six Companies’ perspective on the issue of Chinese immigration to the United States and the question of Chinese exclusion. Other themes include: economic hardship, racial discrimination against Chinese people, demands for Chinese labor.
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Publisher
HathiTrust (Contributor: Cornell University)
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“Historical Report: Reading of an Address Delivered by the Chinese Six Companies in the Spring of 1876,” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 20, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/282.