The 1882 Exclusion Act prohibited Chinese laborers from entering the country and becoming citizens. It also ushered in the most violent decade in Chinese-American history, with assault, arson and murder becoming ever-present dangers for a people marginali
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The flow of immigration (encouraged by the Burlingame Treaty of 1868) was stopped by the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. This act outlawed all Chinese immigration to the United States and denied citizenship to those already settled in the country. Renewed
Continue reading >>According to the most reliable estimates, there are at the present time about forty thousand Chinese in California; and every vessel that arrives from the Celestial Empire brings additional immigrants. From a fourth to a fifth of these reside in San Franc
Continue reading >>After the Civil War, immigrants again began to stream to the United States. Between 1870 and 1900, nearly 12 million immigrants arrived--more foreign-born people than had come to the country in the preceding 70 years. During the 1870s and 1880s, the major
Continue reading >>Mere traces of Helena’s rich Chinese heritage and history remain in downtown Helena, which was once the heart of the largest Chinese community in Montana.
Continue reading >>The Gold Rush in the Western United States during the mid-1800s sparked a massive and rapid migration to the region and stories of ordinary men gaining their fortunes spread far and wide, including to China. When tales of riches reached the port of Canton
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