Chinese Immigration

Commenting on what he regards as “a fresh stain of caste proscription”, Garrison urges against passage of a pending act in Congress which would abrogate “our present equitable and advantageous treaty with China, and forbid under pains and penalties any vessel from bringing to these shores Chinese immigrants.   (readinggarrisonsletters, February 15, 1879)

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