The Civil Rights Act of 1875 passed the Senate and headed to President Grant's desk. The act authorised Federal force to protect individual rights, something that would start dying within two years as a result of the 1876 election bringing Reconstruction to an end.
It was of course a Republican bill. It can be assumed that if the same bill were up for passage today, current Republicans would oppose it.
Last edition:
Thursday, February 17, 1875. No Chinese women.
Labels: 1870s, 1875, China, concubinage, Ethnicities, Immigration, polygamy, Sex, The relationship between men and women, Women
