Asian Diaspora and Labor History U.S. Congressional Reports on the Chinese Coolie Trade 1856 and 1861 Maritime Exploitation and Forced Migration
U.S. Department of State. Report of the Secretary of State…relative to the coolie trade (1856) and Asiatic Coolie Trade, Message from the President of the United States (1861) document official correspondence, inspections, and policy concerns surrounding the transnational transport and exploitation of Chinese laborers in the mid-nineteenth century. These reports.....