Historical Newspaper: Our New Labor Problem: Interesting Interviews with the Chiefs of the Chinese Companies in San Francisco
Subject
Chinese Six Companies
Title
Historical Newspaper: Our New Labor Problem: Interesting Interviews with the Chiefs of the Chinese Companies in San Francisco
Date
1/5/1870
Type
Historical Newspaper
Description
Note: See 2nd column, 1st paragraph.
Chronicling America presents a January 5, 1870 article (writer unnamed) from the Charleston Daily News on the Chinese Six Companies’ role in issues of Chinese immigration and labor in the United States. The Companies were a benevolent organization made up of six large companies. The article features interviews with Fung Tang and Yung Wo, two Chiefs of the companies. Themes include: the sending of deceased Chinese people home for burial, Chinese employment, smuggling, the Chinese community in California, and the Chinese Six Companies’ organizational structure.
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Chronicling America presents a January 5, 1870 article (writer unnamed) from the Charleston Daily News on the Chinese Six Companies’ role in issues of Chinese immigration and labor in the United States. The Companies were a benevolent organization made up of six large companies. The article features interviews with Fung Tang and Yung Wo, two Chiefs of the companies. Themes include: the sending of deceased Chinese people home for burial, Chinese employment, smuggling, the Chinese community in California, and the Chinese Six Companies’ organizational structure.
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Publisher
Library of Congress - Chronicling America (The Charleston Daily News, SC)
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“Historical Newspaper: Our New Labor Problem: Interesting Interviews with the Chiefs of the Chinese Companies in San Francisco,” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 14, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/286.