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Lee Shing Dok, Chinese Head Tax Certificate (1913)

Coloured Copy of an official Chinese Head Tax certificate, consisting of an image of Lee Shing Dok and a written declaration of the payment of the Chinese Head Tax.

These certificates were issued to immigrants on entry to Canada. The Chinese Head…

Tags: 20th century, British Columbia, Chinese Exclusion Act, Chinese Immigrants, Chinese immigration, Chinese Immigration Act, Chinese immigration records, Chinese Labourers, Discrimination, Federal, Head Tax, Immigrant, Immigration, Institutional Racism, Pacific Railway, Photograph, Racism

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