The 1876 Joint Committee on Chinese Immigration was a United States congressional committee that was tasked with investigating the impact of Chinese immigration on the country. Missionaries were among the witnesses who testified before the committee, providing testimonies on their experiences w ...
A wealthy family from the UK has apologized for enslaving more than 1,000 people on the island of Grenada almost 200 years ago. https://twitter.com/i/status/1634600571406565382
John Cleve Green (1800-1875) made fortune by smuggling opium to China, his kids died young so he donated fortune to many schools including Princeton Univ: He was a principal benefactor of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum and the Home for Ruptured and Crippled in New York City , and of the Lawr ...
“In the 2005 documentary Why We Fight, retired Air Force lieutenant colonel Karen Kwiatkowski said: “American people who have a son or a daughter that’s going to be deployed…they look at the cost-benefit, and they go ‘I don’t think that’s good.’ But when politicians who understand cont ...
The "Wright Tract" was named after its original owner, William Wright, who purchased the land in the Sacramento Delta in the mid-19th century. Wright was a Scottish immigrant who had come to California during the Gold Rush, and he eventually turned to farming after finding success in mining. The ...
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