Burlingame-Seward Treaty

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Chinese and U.S. citizens formalize the right to freely trade, migrate and emigrate from one country to the other due to Burlingame-Seward Treaty. This led to large-scale immigration to the United States beginning in earnest, by Chinese immigrants.

Signed, July 28, 1868
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A political cartoon showing a Chinese man being barred entry to the "Golden Gate of Liberty"

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