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5 stories matching tai
- A Seattle Courtroom Custody Battle
A legal dispute over marital status and custody exposes the complicated landscape of family law for Chinese immigrants in 1903.
- The Mayor Who Refused to Expel
When an outsider asked to ban Chinese residents from Tacoma, Mayor Jacob Mann stood his ground against the era's tide of exclusion.
- The Deportation Trap
A Seattle man is ordered out of the country after an accidental admission in court exposes him to the harsh realities of the Chinese Exclusion Act.
- The Forced Exodus: Seattle’s Chinese Merchants Face Expulsion
Under immense community pressure and threats of violence in 1885, Chinese residents of Seattle report on their forced liquidation of property and preparations to leave the city.
- The Gilded Union: A Chorus Girl and a Chinese Actor Defy Convention in Seattle's Chinatown
In a scandalous departure from social norms, Jessie Kitchie and Ah Bock exchanged vows in the opium-scented apartments of Jackson Alley, marking a rare public union across racial lines in 1889.