Joseph Pierce (soldier)
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Joseph A. Pierce was a Chinese-born American soldier who fought in the 14th Connecticut Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War and reached the rank of corporal. After the war, he returned to
Joseph Pierce in uniform during the Civil War
Chinese Exclusion Act
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years. The law made excep
Joseph Pierce (soldier)
…Portland, Connecticut. They had one daughter and two sons. In the 1880 United States census, Pierce registered his race as "Chinese," but due to the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, he listed his race as "Japanese" for the 1890 census. The Pierce family attended the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church in Meriden, where Pierce himself…
First page of the Chinese Exclusion Act passed by Congress in 1882
An 1886 advertisement for "Magic Washer" detergent: The Chinese Must Go
Chinese immigrant workers building the first transcontinental railroad
Anti-Chinese Wall cartoon in Puck