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Abolition of slavery
A broadside advertising a public service in commemoration of the imminent freeing of Britain’s colonial slaves in the West Indies, c. 1838.

Unknown author. 1838-08-01. Public domain.

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List of Contracted Chinese Workers From the Ship "Mourne de Nantes"
Collection box of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, c. 1850.

Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. Randolph Linsly Simpson African-American Collection, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University, 1850. Public domain.

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List of Contracted Chinese Workers From the Ship "Mourne de Nantes"
A ship’s log listing the contracted Chinese laborers on board, c. 1866.

Antonio Gutierrez. Documents from the James and Ana Melikian Collection, 1866. Permissions granted via James Melikian.

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Arizona State University Digital Archives
A second contract provided to a Chinese coolie in Cuba, who likely could not afford to return home to China following his first period of indentured labor, c. 1869.

Chinese Immigrants in Cuba: Documents From the James and Ana Melikian Collection, 1869. Permissions granted via James Melikian.

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1875
A Chinese “coolie” laborer is forcibly conscripted and put aboard a ship to Cuba.

Anonymous author. The Illustrated Description of the Living Hells (Sheng diyu tushuo 生地獄圖說), 1875. Public domain.

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A corrupt recruitment agent for the coolie trade, often known as a "broker" or a "crimp," entraps a Chinese man underneath a latrine. Workers "freely" signing their contracts were often pressured using violence or outrageous means, like the scene depicted.
A corrupt recruitment agent for the coolie trade, often known as a “broker” or a “crimp,” entraps a Chinese man underneath a latrine.

Anonymous author. The Illustrated Description of the Living Hells (Sheng diyu tushuo 生地獄圖說), 1875. Public domain.

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This death penalty scene represents the height of horror in Cuba's sugar plantations, as a Chinese worker is literally and symbolically ground in with the processed sugarcane.
This death penalty scene represents the height of horror in Cuba’s sugar plantations, as a Chinese worker is literally and symbolically ground along with processed sugarcane.

Anonymous author. The Illustrated Description of the Living Hells (Sheng diyu tushuo 生地獄圖說), 1875. Public domain.

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An illustration published in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, depicting coolie rebellion below deck.
A magazine illustration of coolie rebellion below deck, c. 1864.

Edgar Holden. Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, 1864. Public domain.

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The aftermath of a scene of violence below deck on a ship carrying coolies; the men are depicted as writing their demands in the blood of their fallen comrades.
An illustration depicting the aftermath of a coolie rebellion below deck, as men write their demands in the blood of their fallen comrades, c. 1864.

Edgar Holden. Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, 1864. Public domain.

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Chinese laborers pick cotton on irrigated land at the foot of the Andes.
Chinese laborers pick cotton at the foot of the Andes, c. 1900.

Photographer unknown. Underwood & Underwood, c. 1900. Public domain.

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Chinese gold miners eating and attending to their hair among tents in camp.
Chinese gold miners cook, socialize, and tend to their hair in their camp, c. 1854.

Artist unknown. Harper’s Weekly, 1857. Public domain.

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id papers flat lay
The author’s great-great-grandfather’s immigration papers from Ecuador, circa 1924.

Republica del Ecuador. c. 1924. Permissions granted via Kunizaki family.

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old photos of rafael
Various portraits of the author’s great-great-grandfather and other extended family members, possibly taken in varied locations between China and Ecuador.

Photographer unknown. Late 1800s-early 1900s. Permissions granted via Kunizaki family.

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fragment of a receipt in spanish
A receipt from Salon Chán Chán, likely from sometime in the 1950s.

Salon Chán Chán. 1950s. Permissions granted via Kunizaki family.

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diner counter seats
A photograph from the 1950s capturing people working behind the diner-style soda/ice cream counter at Chán Chán.

Photographer unknown. c. 1950s. Permissions granted via Kunizaki family.

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rafael standing in front of bakery case
Rafael in the 1970s in front of the family restaurant.

Photographer unknown. c. 1970s. Permissions granted via Kunizaki family.

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