September 7, 1885

injustice

Squak Valley Attack

Content note This entry describes racial violence.

A group of white and Native men fired into the tents of Chinese hop pickers in Squak (now Issaquah), Washington Territory, killing three; the attackers were acquitted.

Sources

  1. historylink.org historylink.org/File/2746
  2. historynet.com historynet.com/chinese-immigrants-mob-violence-squak-washington-territory