Historical Newspaper: Citizenship of Chinese
Subject
United States v. Wong Kim Ark
Title
Historical Newspaper: Citizenship of Chinese
Date
5/21/1898
Type
Historical Newspaper
Description
Note: See 3rd column, 5th paragraph.
Chronicling America features a May 21, 1898 article, writer unknown, from the True Democrat newspaper (reprinted from the Washington Star newspaper) that provides an account of the pending United States v. Wong Kim Ark Supreme Court case. The writer provides a brief account of California-born Ark's attempt to reenter the U.S. after the passing of the Chinese Exclusion Acts, the subsequent legal events and the perspective that "several thousand persons in the United States whose status as citizens will be affected by the decision."
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Chronicling America features a May 21, 1898 article, writer unknown, from the True Democrat newspaper (reprinted from the Washington Star newspaper) that provides an account of the pending United States v. Wong Kim Ark Supreme Court case. The writer provides a brief account of California-born Ark's attempt to reenter the U.S. after the passing of the Chinese Exclusion Acts, the subsequent legal events and the perspective that "several thousand persons in the United States whose status as citizens will be affected by the decision."
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Publisher
Library of Congress - Chronicling America (The True Democrat, LA)
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“Historical Newspaper: Citizenship of Chinese,” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 9, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/485.