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The “salt of the earth." |
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| Various classes of Chinese had been emigrating to Europe and America well before the turn of the century (1900). The so-called “coolies” or peasant laborers were the most numerous and most recognizable. Hand labor built China and would be a major factor in the development of the west coast of the United States. | |||||||||||||
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