SANDON
Ridding Sandon
of Chinese
At the
time of this article, Sandon was a small mining community in which Chinese
workers were not welcomed by the majority of the population. It is unclear
exactly what method the miners had used to rid their camp of Chinese workers,
but it seems that they had treated the Chinese in an illegal manner.
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"Free
Labour in the United States"
(Image courtesy of National Archives of Canada,Ottawa,
Ontario c-50449)
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[Document courtesy of Fort Steele Heritage Town Archives.]
It is quite evident that the miners of Sandon do not want John Chinaman,
but the method of getting rid of the despised Celestial, while it possesses
the merit of being most effective, may conflict with the laws of the land.
THE NELSON ECONOMIST, November 23, 1898, p.3
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