February 7, 1885

injustice

Eureka Chinese Expulsion

Content note This entry describes racial violence.

After a city councilman was killed by a stray bullet, a mob expelled virtually the entire Chinese community-about 480 people-from Eureka within two days, a 'method' that spread across the West. (Shares Feb 7 with the 1886 Seattle expulsion.)

Sources

  1. kqed.org kqed.org/news/11891987
  2. humboldt.edu humboldt.edu/special-collections/aiding-eureka-chinatown-research

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