- Title Pages
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Romanization and Chinese Names
- Wong Chin Foo Chronology
- Dramatis Personae
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1 The Arid Land of Heathenism (1847–67) -
2 An Abbreviated American Education (1868–70) -
3 The Timber from Which Conspirators Are Made (1871–72) -
4 Soiled Doves (1873–74) -
5 A Hare-Brained, Half-Crazy Man (1873–74) -
6 America’s First Confucian Missionary (1874) -
7 A Most Delightful Dish of Chow Chow (1875–79) -
8 A Terror to the Chinese Community (1879–82) -
9 The Chinese American (1883) -
10 Wiping Out the Stain (1883–85) -
11 I Shall Drive Him Back to His Sand Lots (1883) -
12 Pigtails in Politics (1884–86) -
13 Chop Suey (1884–86) -
14 Why Am I a Heathen? (1887) -
15 Fifty Cents a Pound (1887) -
16 The Chinese in New York (1887–89) -
17 I Have Always Been a Republican (1888–89) -
18 I’ll Cut Your Head Off If You Write Such Things (1888–91) -
19 The Only New Yorker Without a Country (1891) -
20 The Chinese Equal Rights League (1892) -
21 Is It Then a Crime to Be a Chinaman? (1893) -
22 An Ardent Worker for Justice (1893) -
23 False Starts (1894–95) -
24 The American Liberty Party (1896) -
25 A Letter from My Friends in America (1894–97) -
26 Citizenship for Americanized Chinese (1897) -
27 When the World Came to Omaha (1897–98) -
28 I Do Not Like Chinese Ways, Nor Chinamen Any More (1898) - Afterword
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Appendix Wong Chin Foo’s Published Works - Glossary and Gazetteer
- Bibliography
- Index
The Chinese Equal Rights League (1892)
The Chinese Equal Rights League (1892)
- Chapter:
- (p.195) 20 The Chinese Equal Rights League (1892)
- Source:
- The First Chinese American
- Author(s):
Scott D. Seligman
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
As the Chinese Exclusion Act was about to expire, Geary, a Congressman, wished to renew the basic act by imposing extra restrictions on Chinese emigration and new burdens on America’s Chinese. This was known as the Geary Act, and it was considered the most oppressive piece of anti-Chinese legislation. Wong responded to this draconian bill by establishing the Chinese Equal Rights League, a political organization which primarily aimed to fight the burdens exerted on America’s Chinese.
Keywords: Chinese Exclusion Act, Geary Act, Chinese Equal Rights League, America, China, Chinese American, Wong Chin Foo
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- Title Pages
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Romanization and Chinese Names
- Wong Chin Foo Chronology
- Dramatis Personae
-
1 The Arid Land of Heathenism (1847–67) -
2 An Abbreviated American Education (1868–70) -
3 The Timber from Which Conspirators Are Made (1871–72) -
4 Soiled Doves (1873–74) -
5 A Hare-Brained, Half-Crazy Man (1873–74) -
6 America’s First Confucian Missionary (1874) -
7 A Most Delightful Dish of Chow Chow (1875–79) -
8 A Terror to the Chinese Community (1879–82) -
9 The Chinese American (1883) -
10 Wiping Out the Stain (1883–85) -
11 I Shall Drive Him Back to His Sand Lots (1883) -
12 Pigtails in Politics (1884–86) -
13 Chop Suey (1884–86) -
14 Why Am I a Heathen? (1887) -
15 Fifty Cents a Pound (1887) -
16 The Chinese in New York (1887–89) -
17 I Have Always Been a Republican (1888–89) -
18 I’ll Cut Your Head Off If You Write Such Things (1888–91) -
19 The Only New Yorker Without a Country (1891) -
20 The Chinese Equal Rights League (1892) -
21 Is It Then a Crime to Be a Chinaman? (1893) -
22 An Ardent Worker for Justice (1893) -
23 False Starts (1894–95) -
24 The American Liberty Party (1896) -
25 A Letter from My Friends in America (1894–97) -
26 Citizenship for Americanized Chinese (1897) -
27 When the World Came to Omaha (1897–98) -
28 I Do Not Like Chinese Ways, Nor Chinamen Any More (1898) - Afterword
-
Appendix Wong Chin Foo’s Published Works - Glossary and Gazetteer
- Bibliography
- Index