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The Petition Of Bah Fook Of Sofala, 1866, Kate Bagnall Jan 2013

The Petition Of Bah Fook Of Sofala, 1866, Kate Bagnall

Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)

This article introduces an unusual and significant historical document from the goldfields of colonial New South Wales – a petition to the Governor of New South Wales signed by more than 270 Chinese men, predominantly goldminers, living at Sofala on the Turon River goldfields in 1866. The petition concerned the unfair conviction of Bah Fook (百福), a fellow miner, for injuring a young white girl in a fight with her mother. The petition provides an interesting window into race relations on the Australian goldfields of the 1860s, highlighting the close and personal interactions of Chinese and white residents and the …


A Race By Any Other Name: The Interplay Between Ethnicity, National Origin And Race For Purposes Of Section 1981, Eileen R. Kaufman Dec 2010

A Race By Any Other Name: The Interplay Between Ethnicity, National Origin And Race For Purposes Of Section 1981, Eileen R. Kaufman

Eileen Kaufman

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Constitutional Barriers To Smooth Sailing: 14 U.S.C. § 89(A) And The Fourth Amendment, Megan Jaye Kight Apr 1997

Constitutional Barriers To Smooth Sailing: 14 U.S.C. § 89(A) And The Fourth Amendment, Megan Jaye Kight

Indiana Law Journal

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A Race By Any Other Name: The Interplay Between Ethnicity, National Origin And Race For Purposes Of Section 1981, Eileen R. Kaufman Jan 1986

A Race By Any Other Name: The Interplay Between Ethnicity, National Origin And Race For Purposes Of Section 1981, Eileen R. Kaufman

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