The Rocky Road to Liberty: A Documented History of Chinese Immigration and Exclusion

Learn Chinese American history. Support ACEA initiatives. Integrate into USA.

• ISBN: 978-1-60267-028-0
• Paper cover: 250 pages (8.5in x 11in)
• Copyright: Chinese American Society
• Editors: Sen Hu, PhD, Jielin Dong, PhD.
• Publisher: Javvin Press
• Publiscation date: Feb. 2010
• Price: $30/copy(All proceeds benefit CAS)

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III: Historical Documents

1. Related US-China Treaties
   • Treaty of Tientsin (1858)
   • The Burlingame Treaty (1868)
   • 试析1868 年《蒲安臣条约》与近代美国排华风潮之干系
   • Angell Treaty (1880)
2. California's Anti-Chinese Laws as Prelude
   • American Coolie Trade (NY Times 1860)
   • California's Anti-Coolie Act of 1862
3. Chinese Exclusion Acts
   • The Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
   • The Scott Act (1888)
   • The Geary Act (1892)
   • The Chinese Exclusion Laws Made Indefinite (1902-1904)
     • The Scott Act (1902)
     • The Chinese Exclusion Extension Act (1904)
   • Asian Exclusion Act(1924)
     • The 1924 Johnson-Reed Immigration Act
   • Messages and Papers of the Presidents (1879-1897)
     • President Benjamin Harrison (1989-1891)
     • President Grover Cleveland (1893)
   • Supreme Court Rulings Related to the CEA
     • Yick Wo v. Hopkins (1886)
     • United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898)
     • Weedin, Commissioner of Immigration, v. Chin Bow （1927）
   • Counter Acts to CEA:
     • President Rutherford B. Hayes vetoes the CEA (1879)
     • Senator Hoar against the CEA (1882)
     • The Morse-Everett Amendment (1893)
     • Mark Twain's Observations (1849-1900)
   • Repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act
     • President Urges Congress Repeal Chinese Exclusion Act as War Aid (NY Times 1943)
     • The Magnuson Act (1943)

IV: Government Apologies

1. Chronicle of Government Apologies
   • The Japanese American Internment and Apology
   • Apology of House Leaders on Slavery
   • Apologies to Native Americans
     • House Resolution of Apology to Native Americans
     • Senate Resolution of Apology to Native Americans
2. San Francisco City Apologizes to Chinese Americans (2009)
3. California State Apologizes to Chinese Americans (2009)