As a victim of the Indian attacks, Mary Rowlandson wrote a vivid description (her short book, "A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson") of the eleven weeks and five days she spent living with the Native Americans.
The passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act<span> came after a long period of anti-</span>Chinese <span>discrimination. ... The </span>Chinese Exclusion Act<span> of 1882 was one of the first pieces of legislation passed by the United </span>States<span> government to legally discriminate against the </span>Chinese<span> people.</span>