Elite Southern Views on Chinese Labor from Reconstruction to Exclusion

Authors

Spencer Livengood, University of Arkansas

Keywords

Chinese, southern states, post-reconstruction, labor

Abstract

This paper discusses the shift in Southern attitudes toward Chinese immigrants during the period between the Civil War and the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. Immediately following the war, those attitudes were generally positive; however, once Reconstruction state governments were overthrown, the South’s political class rapidly aligned itself with western anti-Chinese voices in the papers and in Congress.

Recommended Citation

Livengood, Spencer (2025) "Elite Southern Views on Chinese Labor from Reconstruction to Exclusion," The Ozark Historical Review: Vol. 52, Article 5.

Available at: https://scholarworks.uark.edu/ohr/vol52/iss1/5