Early Chinese Immigrant's Travel Documents Reveal Clues About Chinese Exclusion Era | Food & Discovery

An early Chinese immigrant's experience navigating restrictive immigration laws and practices in the 1800s uncover details about the formation of Los Angeles' Chinese community and reveal strategies developed to work in and around laws or sometimes counter them directly in court.

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