Historical Newspaper: The Chinese Exclusion
Subject
Chinese Six Companies
Title
Historical Newspaper: The Chinese Exclusion
Date
5/13/1882
Type
Historical Newspaper
Description
Note: See 2nd column, 3rd paragraph.
Chronicling America features a May 13, 1882 article (author unknown) from the Wheeling Daily Intelligencer that gives an account of the Chinese Six Companies role as employers of Chinese immigrants to the United States. The source provides a perspective on the incoming Chinese immigrants who “in having their passage to and from this country paid, they agree to labor for the Six Companies for a stated number of years.” Other themes include the stipulations of the Chinese Exclusion Act.
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Chronicling America features a May 13, 1882 article (author unknown) from the Wheeling Daily Intelligencer that gives an account of the Chinese Six Companies role as employers of Chinese immigrants to the United States. The source provides a perspective on the incoming Chinese immigrants who “in having their passage to and from this country paid, they agree to labor for the Six Companies for a stated number of years.” Other themes include the stipulations of the Chinese Exclusion Act.
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Publisher
Library of Congress - Chronicling America, (The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer)
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“Historical Newspaper: The Chinese Exclusion,” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 8, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/292.