In a recent article about the 1886 expulsion of Chinese immigrants in the Northwest Asian Weekly, Connie So, PhD, a teaching professor of American Ethnic Studies at the University of Washington (UW) and vice president of internships at OCA Greater Seattle, delivered a historical presentation tracing Chinese immigration to America and the events of 1886.
The expulsion grew from the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act—the first federal law to bar immigration based on race or nationality—and anti-Chinese rage among white labor unions, chiefly the Knights of Labor. On Feb. 7, 1886, a mob swept through Seattle’s Chinatown, rounding up hundreds of residents and forcing most aboard the steamship, Queen of the Pacific.
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