The way the newspapers described different races back in the 19th and early 20th century would never be accepted in today's much more tolerant society. From the "WHIMSICAL" folder in the Hamilton Library Local History database is this now antique article telling Charlie's story. This was an era when there was a very large section of the populace not only in Trenton, but in all of America were not too tolerant of people who didn't look like them, nor act like them.
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
1901: CHARLIE SHA-TRENTON'S ONLY CHINESE RESIDENT
The way the newspapers described different races back in the 19th and early 20th century would never be accepted in today's much more tolerant society. From the "WHIMSICAL" folder in the Hamilton Library Local History database is this now antique article telling Charlie's story. This was an era when there was a very large section of the populace not only in Trenton, but in all of America were not too tolerant of people who didn't look like them, nor act like them.
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