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The Pigtail Ordinance was an 1873 law intended to force prisoners in San Francisco, California to have their hair cut within an inch of the scalp. It affected Qing Chinese prisoners in particular, as it meant they would have their queue , a waist-long, braided pigtail , cut off.
Pigtail Ordinance; See also. Burlingame Treaty; Chinese Exclusion Act – (United States) China exclusion policy of NASA, 2011 – (United States)
Chae Chan Ping v. United States, 130 U.S. 581 (1889), better known as the Chinese Exclusion Case, [1]: 30 was a case decided by the US Supreme Court on May 13, 1889, that challenged the Scott Act of 1888, an addendum to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
Date Subject Matter Title Chapter Legal Citation (link to full text) 1: June 1, 1789: Oaths of Office. An act to regulate the time and manner of administering certain oaths, Sess. 1, ch. 1 1 Stat. 23: 2: July 4, 1789: Duties on Merchandise imported into the United States. An Act for laying a Duty on Goods, Wares, and Merchandises imported into ...
Indeed, between the years 1873 and 1875 an estimated 150,000 workers made their way to the "Golden State", many of whom settled in the state's only metropolis, San Francisco. [ 4 ] : 253 By that time, San Francisco had already experienced two cycles of boom and bust: first in the 1850s, as the Gold Rush dried up, and then in the 1870s, after ...
The Geary Act was a United States law that extended the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 by adding onerous new requirements. It was written by California Representative Thomas J. Geary and was passed by Congress on May 5, 1892.
The Trout Creek Outrage, also known as the Truckee Outrage or Trout Creek Murder, was an example of anti-Chinese violence in California which occurred on the night of June 17–18, 1876.
Fong Yue Ting v. United States, 149 U.S. 698 (1893), decided by the United States Supreme Court on May 15, 1893, was a case challenging provisions in Section 6 of the Geary Act of 1892 that extended and amended the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.