The Chinese in AmericaHitchcock & Walden, 1877 - 403 páginas |
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American Anti-Chinese Asylum Baptist boys brought Burlingame treaty California Central Pacific Railroad character charge cheap labor China Chinamen Chinatown Chinese Christians Chinese immigration Chinese in America Chinese labor Chinese language Chinese prostitutes Chinese Quarter Chinese question Chinese women Chris Christian civilization Church citizens clothing Court crowd custom dollars a month dress employ employment English language evils fact Father Buchard foreign Gibson girls Gospel Government habeas corpus heathen Hip Yee Tong hundred idolatry industries intelligent Jackson Street Jesus land language laundry living Mayor ment Methodist Episcopal Church Methodist Mission Mission House missionary nese number of Chinese Otis Gibson Pacific Coast pagan Pixley poor population present prostitutes Protestant race religion residents Sacramento San Francisco schools Six Companies slaves steamer things thousand Chinese thousand dollars tion treaty wages white labor woman Yung Wing
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Página 221 - ... straight is the gate, and narrow " is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be " that find it,
Página 352 - The United States of America and the Emperor of China cordially recognize the inherent and inalienable right of man to change his home and allegiance, and also the mutual advantage of the free migration and emigration of their citizens and subjects, respectively, from the one country to the other, for purposes of curiosity, of trade, or as permanent residents.
Página 132 - An' set your beauties a' abread ! Ye little ken what cursed speed The blastie's makin ! Thae winks and finger-ends, I dread, Are notice takin ! O wad some pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us ! It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion : What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, And ev'n Devotion ! ADDRESS TO EDINBURGH.
Página 140 - AN AGREEMENT to assist a young girl named Loi Yau. Because she became indebted to her mistress for passage, food, etc., and has nothing to pay, she makes her body over to...
Página 139 - Yee for service of prostitution for a term of four years. There shall be no interest on the money. Ah Ho shall receive no wages. At the expiration of four years, Ah Ho shall be her own master. Mr. Yee Kwan shall not hinder or trouble her. If Ah Ho runs away before her time is out, her mistress shall find her and return her, and whatever expense is incurred in finding and returning her, Ah Ho shall pay. On this day of agreement Ah Ho, with her own hands, has received from Mr.
Página 300 - ... they had a right to stay in this country if they so desired. Those women are still here, and the only remedy for this evil and also for the evil of Chinese gambling lies, so far as we can see, in an honest and impartial administration of Municipal Government in all its details, even including the police department. If officers would refuse bribes, then unprincipled Chinamen could no longer purchase immunity from the punishment of their crimes.
Página 226 - ... nation, or to show the better part of his nature. He is poor and mean, somewhat slavish and crouching, and is despised by the whites, who would only laugh in derision if even a divine were to pretend to place the two races on an equality.
Página 139 - Ho shall be her own master. Mr. Yee Kwan shall not hinder or trouble her. If Ah Ho runs away before her time is out, her mistress shall find her and return her, and whatever expense is incurred in finding and returning her Ah Ho shall pay. On this day of agreement Ah Ho, with her own hands, has received from Mr. Yee Kwan six hundred and thirty dollars. If Ah Ho shall be sick at any time for more than ten days, she shall make up by an extra month of service for every ten days sickness.
Página 302 - American merchants, and all the carrying business of both countries, whether by steamers, sailing vessels or railroad, is done by Americans. No China ships are engaged in the carrying traffic between the two countries. Is it a sin to be charged against us that the Chinese merchants are able to conduct their mercantile business on their own capital? And is not the exchange of millions of dollars annually by the Chinese with the banks of this city any benefit to the banks?
Página 297 - Chinese immigration, has been created in the minds of the people, led on by His Honor the Mayor of San Francisco and his associates in office, and approved by His Excellency the Governor, and other great men of the State. These great men gathered some 20,000 of the people of this city together on the evening of April the fifth, and adopted an address and resolutions against Chinese immigration.
Referencias a este libro
Asian America: Chinese and Japanese in the United States since 1850 Roger Daniels Sin vista previa disponible - 2011 |
Closing the Gate: Race, Politics, and the Chinese Exclusion Act Andrew Gyory Vista previa limitada - 1998 |