Chinese railroad workers

The Forgotten Builders: Chinese Railroad Workers Exclusion and America’s Hidden Legacy

Discover how Wuyi Chinese laborers built the Transcontinental Railroad—then were erased from history in an enduring act of racial exclusion.

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Why So Many Taishanese Families Ended Up Overseas — A Deep Dive

For millions of overseas Chinese today, the story begins not in a distant city or a famous port, but in…

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Ghosts of Gold Mountain: Grave-Sweeping Rituals and the Resilience of Montana’s Chinese Railroad Workers

Between 1865 and 1890, over 1,200 Chinese laborers worked on Montana’s railroads, including the Northern Pacific Railway. Most were young…

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How the End of Slavery Impacted Chinese Labor Migration

The abolition of slavery in the mid-19th century reshaped global labor markets, driving a surge in Chinese labor migration to…

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