February 7, 1886 · Seattle, Washington

Seattle Anti-Chinese Expulsion

injustice

Content note: this entry describes racial violence.

A mob tied to the Knights of Labor rounded up most of Seattle's Chinese residents and forced them toward a waiting steamship; violence, federal troops, and martial law followed. (Shares Feb 7 with the 1885 Eureka expulsion.)

Sources

historylink.org historylink.org/file/2745
iexaminer.org iexaminer.org/seattles-anti-chinese-race-riot-february-7-1886-the-day-seattle-imploded

Also on February 7

February 7, 1885 injustice

Eureka Chinese Expulsion

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.)

Content note: racial violence