November 3, 1885

injustice

Tacoma Chinese Expulsion

Content note This entry describes racial violence.

Led by the mayor and business leaders, a mob forced Tacoma's entire Chinese community out of the city and later burned their homes-a coordinated expulsion celebrated at the time as 'the Tacoma Method.'

Sources

  1. historylink.org historylink.org/file/5063
  2. history.com history.com/articles/anti-chinese-violence-removal-tacoma-seattle-1885

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