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#OnThisDay, May 10, 1869, the ceremonial 17.6-karat Golden Spike was driven, completing the last link in the transcontinental railroad across the United States (depicted in Hell on Wheels, s05e14, 2016)
#Film #Movies #HellOnWheels #GoldenSpike #TranscontinentalRailroad #Histodons #History @histodons
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1/2 What's in a name? I've been reading this book. Important in many regards. But one feature stands out for me: the dehumanization of the Chinese who built the Transcontinental RR. They had no names. They were not named in company employment records. They were not named in newspaper accounts of fatal accidents. (10 people were killed. Actual names of 2-3 white people and 10 "chinamen". https://www.asianstudies.org/publications/eaa/archives/ghosts-of-gold-mountain-the-epic-story-of-the-chinese-who-built-the-transcontinental-railroad/
#ChineseAmericans #TranscontinentalRailroad #Dehumanization