Fall 2022 - THE CURIOUS CASE OF WING HING VS THE CITY OF EUREKA

The bibliography for Katie’s Wing Hing article:

The court filing for the Wing Hing case:

A summary of the Page Act of 1875:

This law prohibited the importation of unfree laborers and women brought for “immoral purposes” but was enforced primarily against Chinese. Legislated amid the spread of anti-Chinese fervor from the west coast to the rest of the United States, this law was an early effort to restrict Asian immigration without categorically restricting Asian immigration on the basis of race and instead restricted select categories of persons whose labor was perceived as immoral or coerced.