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View submission: America's first major immigration crackdown and the making and breaking of the West
Something that needs to be noted is that the Chinese migrants at the time were largely indentured servants and sex trafficked women
Hence many abolitionists who worked to end slavery also pushed and supported the Chinese exclusion act
Comment by caveatlector73 at 28/11/2024 at 17:42 UTC
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This is what I love about this platform - I learn something new almost every time I'm on.
I've never understood why eliminating sex trafficking by not participating with paid sex has never gained traction. /s