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Activity 3: Three Graces political cartoon

The “Three Graces” (1882) represents the widespread belief (which even public health officials spread) that Chinese residents of Chinatown spread disease through the air with their “foul and disgusting vapors”.
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Note: The Altonower ship represented in this political cartoon is the ship that Frederick Bee discussed when he protested quarantine conditions in the Racial Scapegoating Text Activity in this Lesson Plan.
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