In June of 1867, two thousand Chinese railroad workers strike for a week, demanding an end to beatings, increased wages, and work hours equal with whites. Central Pacific breaks the strike when they withhold food supplies to the Chinese, isolated as they were in the high mountains of the Sierras.
To learn more visit this timeline compiled by the North America Project at Stanford University.
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