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Asians and Pacific Islanders and the Civil War National Park Service Handbook
A popularly written book on immigrants in the war is Asians and Pacific Islanders and the Civil War (2015). This book is published by the…
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How Successful Were Southern States at Encouraging Chinese Immigrants to Move to the Region?
During the Reconstruction Era there were a number of schemes hatched by white plantation owners and industrialists to increase immigration to the region. The attempts…
When a Ban on Chinese Immigration Was Proposed in 1867 Frederick Douglass Stood Up in Opposition
Americans’ fear of non-white, non-Christian immigrants began in 1848 with the arrival of the first ship full of Chinese in San Francisco Bay. The Chinese…
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