March 3, 1875

injustice

Page Act Signed Into Law

The first restrictive federal immigration law effectively barred Chinese women by presuming them to be immoral.

Sources

  1. immigrationhistory.org immigrationhistory.org/item/page-act
  2. nps.gov nps.gov/articles/000/ulysses-s-grant-chinese-immigration-and-the-page-act-of-1875

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