A Statue for OUR Harbor. 1881 Anti-Chinese
A Statue for OUR Harbor. 1881 Anti-Chinese cartoon appeared in THE WASP, a San Francisco magazine. Slogans radiate from the Chinese figures halo: Ruin to White Labor; Diseases; Immorality, Filth. In February of 1881, California Senator John Miller introduced a bill to bar Chinese immigration for 20 years. After a first veto, President Chester Arthur gave in to public opinion, and signed the Chinese Exclusion Act into law on May 2, 1882
Picture No
13122280
Media ID
45369224
Size
2171px x 3000px
(1.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Courtesy Everett Collection
Pick your License
Restrictions Only for Ireland and United Kingdom
Anti-immigration Chinese-american Hatred Lcgr1712 Lcgr2017 Nativist Racist Wages
Features In These Collections
> Contributors > EVR
