Swan Brewery 1877 Chinese Labor Dispute

Attached is an article from 1877 talking about the threats the Swan Brewery received due to its employment of Chinese labor which caused a great deal of attention at the time from movements led by Dennis Kearny against the "heathen chinee". Some paid blackmail to keep from being burned out of their operations. The govt. actually had a Chinese exclusion act passed in 1882 which prevented further immigration by Chinese and prevented naturalization or citizenship. San Francisco had a large Chinese population and was heavily prejudiced against the foreigners.