The Mississippi Delta is home to a various of cultures that helped shaped a unique foundation. Why did the Chinese immigrate to The Mississippi Delta and what lead to their amazing contributions in The Mississippi Delta? Why was the Chinese able to strive in the business industry?
The Chinese migrated to The Delta in an attempt to abscond the barbarian harsh circumstances in the west. In the west, the Chinese faced discrimination and dangerous working conditions. The Chinese worked for super cheap wages and often treated considerably inhuman. In the late nineteen twenties, many commissaries closed, which marked the declined of the cotton industry in The Delta. The Chinese saw The Mississippi Delta as a land of opportunities. A small group of Chinese immigrants came to The Mississippi Delta after the American Civil War. In their new environment, the Chinese seeked ways to oppress money and to adapt to the predominant culture of the state while preserving their ethnic identity. They arrived into a society primarily dominated by Mississippians of Caucasian …show more content…
After the cotton plantations closed, there was a need to replace the labor from African Americans slaves. The plantations owners in The Delta saw the Chinese as an economical inducement of labor and a way to replace the substantial enslaved Africans Americans workload. The Chinese denounce working for such a theoretical cheap labor, but saw a way to increase their income and also help accommodate for their families. The Chinese proximately realized that working on a plantation did not achieve economic success. The Chinese then turned to another activity as a way to produce an income. The begin to open grocery stores. The first Chinese grocery store in The Mississippi Delta presumably appeared in the early 1870s. Records shows, in the early 1880s, the first Chinese as landowners appeared in Rosedale, in Boliver
The Chinese migrated to The Delta in an attempt to abscond the barbarian harsh circumstances in the west. In the west, the Chinese faced discrimination and dangerous working conditions. The Chinese worked for super cheap wages and often treated considerably inhuman. In the late nineteen twenties, many commissaries closed, which marked the declined of the cotton industry in The Delta. The Chinese saw The Mississippi Delta as a land of opportunities. A small group of Chinese immigrants came to The Mississippi Delta after the American Civil War. In their new environment, the Chinese seeked ways to oppress money and to adapt to the predominant culture of the state while preserving their ethnic identity. They arrived into a society primarily dominated by Mississippians of Caucasian …show more content…
After the cotton plantations closed, there was a need to replace the labor from African Americans slaves. The plantations owners in The Delta saw the Chinese as an economical inducement of labor and a way to replace the substantial enslaved Africans Americans workload. The Chinese denounce working for such a theoretical cheap labor, but saw a way to increase their income and also help accommodate for their families. The Chinese proximately realized that working on a plantation did not achieve economic success. The Chinese then turned to another activity as a way to produce an income. The begin to open grocery stores. The first Chinese grocery store in The Mississippi Delta presumably appeared in the early 1870s. Records shows, in the early 1880s, the first Chinese as landowners appeared in Rosedale, in Boliver