PBS Previews: The Chinese Exclusion Act
Preview: Season 30 | 1m 30s | Video has closed captioning.
Get an inside look at the making of The Chinese Exclusion Act, premiering May 29 at 8/7c.
Aired: 04/23/18
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American Experience.
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The Chinese Six Companies
On May 28, 1900, San Francisco policemen formed a perimeter around Chinatown as officials diagnosed bubonic plague in the neighborhood and wanted to quarantine the nearly 20,000 residents. As tensions flared, an influential group of merchants known as the Chinese Six Companies sprang into action.
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