Historical Appeal: "Our Misery and Despair": Kearney Blasts Chinese Immigration

Denis Kearney

Historical Appeal: "Our Misery and Despair": Kearney Blasts Chinese Immigration

2/28/1878

Historical Appeal

History Matters features a February 28, 1878 historical appeal by Denis Kearney and H. L. Knight, leaders of the California Workingmen’s Party, to ban Chinese immigrants from California. The source was expected from a historical newspaper article found in the Indianapolis Times, February 28, 1878 edition.

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History Matters (City University of New York & George Mason University) (Original Publisher: Indianapolis Times)

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