Session #56 · 1899–1901

Speech #560013788

Chinese. Portuguese. East India coolies. Negritos. and even Tagalos. to compete under the peonage contract system with our colored laborers in Louisiana and white farmers in Nebraska. Do you want niore of it? Congressmen have stood here loudmouthing their opposition to Chinese immigration and to contract importation of labor. and these same lawmakers. because they think the peoples eyes are not open. have already admitted tens of thousands of Chinese and Japsbythe annexation of Hawaii. andnow proposeto admitl0.000.000 of pauper labor and their products to the freedom of trade and freedom of travel. secured to all parts of the Union by the Constitution. For whose benefit? Labors?
Identified stereotypes
Implying that Chinese and other Asian laborers are pauper labor and a threat to American workers.
Keywords matched
pauper labor immigration coolies

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Portuguese East India coolies Japanese
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Other

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN WILLIAMS
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
MS
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
560013788
Paragraph
#0
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