The First Chinese American: The Remarkable Life of Wong Chin Foo

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Adams, Charles Francis, 63 African-Americans, 45, 86, 188–9, 198, 205, 241, 267, 270 Ah Koon, 114, 116 Ah Sin, case of, 188 Ah Sing, 124 Ah Yuk, case of, 211–12, 217 Ah Yup, case of, 188 Allen, William, 46 American Baptist Mission, 5 American Liberty Party, 242–44, 258, 264, 270 “Americanized Chinese,” 77, 105, 109, 123, 199, 202, 206, 213, 243, 259, 262–73, 287; see also assimilation Andrew, John Forrester, xxvii, 209, 211 Andrews, William S., 159 Arthur, Chester A., 89 Ashton, J. Hubley, 217 assimilation, 15, 105, 165, 265, 291; see also “Americanized Chinese” Atlanta, 237–39 Bai She Zhuan, 165 Baldwin, Rev. Dr. Stephen L., 200 Barnum, P. T., 63 Barry, Rev. James, 102 Bayard, Thomas F., 157, 170–71 Bay City, 84–85 Beecher, Rev. Henry Ward, 42, 63 Benade, Rev. William Henry, 64–65 Bengough, John Wilson, 156 Bible House, 209, 210 (fig.) Blaine, Sen. James G., 85, 174 Blavatsky, Helen Petrovna, xxvii, 69–70, 71 (fig.), 72, 129 Bliss, Rev. George Ripley, 20 Blount, Rep. James Henderson, 211, 214–15 Board of Foreign Missions, Southern Baptist Convention, 2, 5, 17 Bond, Lester L., 43 Boston, 53, 58–60, 64, 127, 175, 201, 203, 209, 236–37 Bryan, William Jennings, 244 Bucknell University, see Lewisburg Academy Buddhism, 13–14, 57, 69–71, 132, 229, 249 Burlingame, Anson, 18 Burlingame Treaty, 17–18, 50, 54, 85, 172 California Gold Rush, 15, 111 Canada, 53, 63, 128–30, 153–58, 177 Carlisle, John G., 235, 237 Carlisle, W. D., 279–80 Index 358 Index Carr, Thomas, 30 Carter, James C., 217 Chan, Gee Wo, xxviii, 224, 231, 232 (fig.), 270 Chan Pond Tipp, xxviii, 105–9 Charles, Warry S., 103 Charley, Willie, 221 Chen Lanbin, xxviii, 50, 83, 120, 145 Chew, Sue Chung, xxviii, 181–82, 184, 262 Chicago, 43, 79, 82–84, 86–87, 89, 106–8, 180, 182, 189, 201, 222–33, 239, 242–50, 255, 257, 259–60, 265, 270–71, 275, 284 Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad, 276, 280 Chicago World’s Fair, 224, 231, 270, 276; see also World Columbian Exposition Chimo, see Jimo Chinatown, 25 Chinese American (newspaper, 1883), 89–91, 92 (fig.), 93–99, 101, 107, 109, 114, 125–26 Chinese American (newspaper, 1893), 229, 230 (fig.), 231, 270, 275, 277 Chinese American (term), 82, 87, 90, 105–7, 119–20, 145, 147, 163, 173, 177, 184, 199, 216–7, 229, 251, 264, 276, 287 Chinese Citizens’ Union, 173, 199 Chinese Civil Rights League, 199, 201; see also Chinese Equal Rights League Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, see Six Companies Chinese Educational Mission, 16, 49–50, 52, 70, 144–45, 198, 206, 312nn6–7 Chinese Equal Rights League, 173, 199–201, 206–11, 215–16, 247–48, 259–60, 264–73, 279 Chinese Exclusion Act, 89, 113, 115, 119–21, 153, 155, 170, 187–88, 195–96, 205, 207, 272 Chinese food, 133 Chinese in America, anti-Chinese legislation, 56, 85, 89, 149, 170–71, 195–208; “Chinese question,” 77–78, 80; citizenship , 17, 45, 86–87, 119–20, 173, 187–90, 264–73; image, 12, 18, 22, 54–55, 57–58, 120, 170; immigration, 18, 22, 56–57, 77, 170–71, 195–208; mutual aid societies, 78; political associations, 119–23, 173, 199–201, 206–11, 215–16, 247–48, 259–60, 264–73, 279; population, 15, 22–23, 39–40, 56, 89–90, 175, 195, 212, 214, 271; “rat libel,” 25, 72, 101, 134; vilification of, 56–57, violence against, 122–23, 141, 170 Chinese language school, 128 Chinese legation, London, 256 Chinese legation, Washington, 83, 95, 120, 124, 197, 206, 268–69 Chinese Maritime Customs Service, 28 (fig.), 29–31, 33–34, 49 Chinese Monthly News, 175, 228–29 Chinese News, 244–46, 248, 256, 258, 264, 278 Chinese Patriotic and Liberty League, 258 Chinese Theatre, 126–28, 184, 221, 222 (fig.) Chinese Weekly News, see New York Chinese Weekly News Index 359 Chinese Weekly News Company, 228–29 Ching Hoy, 124 chop suey, 133 Christianity, in China, 2–4, 9, 23, 136, 140; derivative nature of, 135, 139; missionary efforts, 2–4, 11–12, 58, 135–37; multiplicity of denominations, 138, 145; salvation, 1, 58, 70–71, 138; Yan Phou Lee’s defense of, 144–47 Chu Fung, 221–22 Chuen Yin, 129, 155 Choate, Joseph H., 217 Church of the Transfiguration (New York), 101–3 Civil War, 2...