Historical Newspaper: A Mirror of Ourselves

Chinese Massacre of 1871

Historical Newspaper: A Mirror of Ourselves

11/08/1871

Historical Newspaper

Note: See 3rd column, 5th paragraph.

Chronicling America features a November 8, 1871 article, writer unknown, from the New Orleans Republican newspaper on the Chinese Massacre of 1871 in Los Angeles. The author compares the massacre of 17 Chinese people to the massacre of Black people during the New Orleans Massacre of 1866.

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Library of Congress—Chronicling America (New Orleans Republican, LA)

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