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The Naturalization Act of 1870 is passed.
Date: 1870
Immigration
Laws/legislation/policy
Black history
Asian/Pacific Islander
As an immigration law, this act delineates free Black individuals from racialized immigrant populations, while determining the boundaries of citizenship, which includes the exclusion of Asian immigrants in particular.
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