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How Chinese immigrants lived during the gold rush

by Makerah Ayers <3

How they got there

Many Chinese immigrated to the US from Canton after news of the gold discovery in California. Immigrants undertook a Pacific Ocean journey of three weeks by ship. Many passengers could barely afford steerage class travel. Most had to borrow money from their relatives and neighbors.

Where They Lived

By 1851, 25,000 Chinese immigrants had left their homes and moved to California, a land some came to call gam saan, or "gold mountain". For long centuries, Chinese travelers had crisscrossed the world and made new homes for themselves in faraway lands.

What it was like to live through the gold rush

Chinese immigrants soon found that many Americans did not welcome them. In 1852, California placed a high monthly tax on all foreign miners. Chinese miners had no choice but to pay this tax if they wanted to mine for gold in California. Chinese workers were also the targets of violent attacks in the mining camps.

How it was after the gold rush for Chinese immigrants

After the gold rush ended, Chinese immigrants worked at farm laborers and in low paying industrial jobs and railroads construction

How Chinese immigrants were treated during gold rush

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Chinese immigrants were often treated violently, and the government even supported this behavior.

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