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March 14, 1877 – Lem Ranch (near Chico), California: Group of White Men Massacred 5 to 6 Chinese Farmworkers
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Narrative
In March 1877 at Lem Ranch near Chico, California, a group of white men ambushed and massacred five or six Chinese farmworkers, with only one survivor. A local posse eventually tracked and shot some of the killers. This brutal incident underscores the deadly racial violence Chinese laborers faced in that era.
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