Rep. Thomas J. Geary of California, with black background, wrote the 1892 Geary Act that required Chinese in America to carry a Certificate of Residence like these in this collage.
Geary Act ID Cards, and Deportation Raids
Note: For the Chinese, life in late-19th century America was hard. Then, the Geary Act of 1892 made it even harder. It extended for another 10 years the Chinese Exclusion…
