Chinatown, New Orleans
Chinatown,,New,Orleans
The,city,of,New,Orleans,was,once,home,to,one,of,the,largest,Chinatowns,in,the,Southern,United,States,It,existed,from,the,1880s,until,its,destruction,by,WPA,re-development,in,1937,,and,it,was,located,at,the,end,of,Tulane,Avenue,,at,the,1100-block,near,Elk,Place,and,South,Rampart,Street,,south,of,the,Tulane,stop,on,the,modern,North,Rampart,streetcar,line
History
The,first,significant,migration,of,Chinese,into,Louisiana,took,place,during,Reconstruction,after,the,American,Civil,War,,between,1867,and,1871,,when,local,planters,imported,hundreds,of,Cantonese,contract,laborers,from,Cuba,,California,,and,directly,from,China,as,a,low-cost,replacement,for,slave,labor1,By,the,mid-1870s,,nearly,all,of,these,laborers,had,abandoned,the,plantations,and,migrated,to,Southern,cities,,especially,New,Orleans,,in,search,of,higher,pay,and,better,working,conditions,The,laborers,became,workers,in,factories,,laborers,in,levee,and,railroad,construction,projects,,fisherman,,grocers,,and,especially,laundrymen,For,many,decades,,the,Chinese,came,to,dominate,the,hand-wash,laundry,industry,in,New,Orleans,,as,theydowntown,new,orleans,maps,,downtown,new,orleans,attractions,,downtown,new,orleans,parking,,downtown,new,orleans,hotels,bourbon,street,,downtown,new,orleans,hotel,map,,downtown,new,orleans,condos,for,sale,Chinatown,,New,Orleans
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