Head tax certificate for Jew Chew Gee
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Title
Head tax certificate for Jew Chew Gee
Subject
British Columbia
Asian immigration
Asian experience
Race relations
Head Tax
Asian immigration
Asian experience
Race relations
Head Tax
Description
This source is a handwritten document of a head tax certificate for the individual Jew Chew Gee. The source shows the number of the certificate. It is also signed by the Chief controller of Chinese immigration.
The source shows how Chinese immigration was regulated in 20th Century British Columbia. The Head tax was introduced due to the fear that Chinese immigrants would take jobs away from the white population. The head tax was therefore a measure to restrict Chinese immigration. This links with the Chinese exclusion act of 1923 that later prohibited Chinese immigration altogether. The price of this head tax was raised to $500 in 1903 therefore this particular certificate created in 1918 would have been $500.
The source represents the discriminative treatment of Asians immigrants in British Columbia in this period. Specifically the issues of economic competition.
The source shows how Chinese immigration was regulated in 20th Century British Columbia. The Head tax was introduced due to the fear that Chinese immigrants would take jobs away from the white population. The head tax was therefore a measure to restrict Chinese immigration. This links with the Chinese exclusion act of 1923 that later prohibited Chinese immigration altogether. The price of this head tax was raised to $500 in 1903 therefore this particular certificate created in 1918 would have been $500.
The source represents the discriminative treatment of Asians immigrants in British Columbia in this period. Specifically the issues of economic competition.
Creator
Department of the Interior – Immigration branch
Publisher
University of British Columbia Library
https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/chung/chungtext/items/1.0356455#p0z-4r0f:
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Date
August 1918
Contributor
Faye Hare
Rights
University of British Columbia Library
Language
English
Type
Textual/Visual - handwritten certificate with portrait
Identifier
20th century British Columbia
Files
Collection
Citation
Department of the Interior – Immigration branch , “Head tax certificate for Jew Chew Gee,” The American Pacific Rim: Colonisation, Conflict and Connections, 1800-Present, accessed April 28, 2024, https://theamericanpacificrim.omeka.net/items/show/114.