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Immigration of a Chinaman

Immigration of a Chinaman . By: Andres Del Valle Brian Goncalves. “The Biography of a Chinaman”. Lee Chew 1903 Auto biography Independent magazine Lee Chew. “The Biography of a Chinaman”. Chinese immigrant Born in a village in Canton, China Wanted to come to America

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Immigration of a Chinaman

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  1. Immigration of a Chinaman By: Andres Del Valle Brian Goncalves

  2. “The Biography of a Chinaman” • Lee Chew • 1903 • Auto biography • Independent magazine • Lee Chew

  3. “The Biography of a Chinaman” • Chinese immigrant • Born in a village in Canton, China • Wanted to come to America Canton,China

  4. “The Biography of a Chinaman” • His dad gave him $100 • Hong Kong with 5 other boys • Got steerage passage on a steamer • San Francisco • Steamboat with Immigrants

  5. “The Biography of a Chinaman” • Didn’t know how to speak English • Got a job as a house servant • But didn’t know anything • New York • Chinese men learning English

  6. “The Biography of a Chinaman” • Opened his own laundry • East to Chicago, Detroit, China • America and went to Buffalo • Tenement in Buffalo

  7. Chinese Immigration • Between 1850 and 1882 • About 300,000 • Taiping Rebellion • Transcontinental railroad • 1882 Exclusion Act • Chinese coming to America

  8. Social Contacts • Other nationalities jealous • Treatment in U.S is wrong and mean • China is a peaceful nation Railroad workers • Tough jobs • Leave everything behind • Laundromat workers

  9. Cultural Context • San Francisco • Half Starved • Lonely Chinese being persecuted • 1870’s • Scared • Boat carrying Immigrants

  10. Work Cited • 1. Archuleta, Elizabeth. "Chinese." American History Through Literature 1870-1920. Ed. Tom Quirk and Gary Scharnhorst. Vol. 1. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2006. 225-230. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 26 Feb. 2014. • 2.Chew, L. (n.d.). The Biography Of A Chinaman. The Independent, 63-77. Retrieved February 26, 2014. • 3."Chinese Exclusion Act and First Immigration Law Passed, May, 1882-August, 1882." DISCovering U.S. History. Online ed. Detroit: Gale, 2003.Discovering Collection. Gale. Newington School District. 26 Feb. 2014 <http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do?&source=gale&srcprod=DISC&userGroupName=s0940&prodId=DC&tabID=T001&docId=EJ2104241198&type=retrieve&contentSet=GSRC&version=1.0>. • 4. Text 8 Reading, Topic: People, The Gilded and the Gritty: America, 1870-1912, Primary Resources in U.S. History and Literature, Toolbox Library, National Humanities Center. (2005, May). Text 8 Reading, Topic: People, The Gilded and the Gritty: America, 1870-1912, Primary Resources in U.S. History and Literature, Toolbox Library, National Humanities Center. Retrieved February 26, 2014, from http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/gilded/people/text8/text8read.htm

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