By the end of the 1850s, Chinese immigrants made up one-fifth of the ... Only a few Chinese women came to the U.S. before 1880, but many of those who did served as prostitutes for people like ...

This act suspended the immigration of Chinese laborers for ten years ... Chinese laundries were in the trade growing to 7,500 in 1880. Merchants and peddlers provided fresh fruits, vegetables ...

Chinese immigration dropped from 5,000 in 1904 to just eight people the following year. More than 15,000 Chinese came to Canada in the early 1880s to build the most dangerous and difficult section ...

The city’s population exploded from 11,000 people in 1880 to more than a million ... Alongside French, Italian and Mexican immigrants, Chinese Americans thrived in the city’s bustling ...

But the expulsions did not begin immediately. There was an interregnum, during which the fury over Chinese immigration seemed to be largely contained. Then, in September, 1885, in Rock Springs ...

"It was a home away from home for Chinese immigrants. Our goal now is to reclaim ... and a violent anti-Chinese riot in 1880 led to its disappearance. CAPU partnered with MAKfam for this event ...