University Archives

Title: Weekly Anglo-African - June 30, 1860

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)

The writer notes the prejudice expressed in the U.S. against the newly arrived Japanese immigrants. But while the general population is responding to the Japanese as "colored foreigners" and treating them negatively, government officials are responding to them as "novel" and unique. The writer suspects the difference is based in money and class status.

Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page

Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century

Keywords: "colored foreigners"; Japan; New York; New York Herald; Philadelphia; prejudice; South

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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