Talk:Anti-Coolie Act

The similar article Anti-Coolie Act of 1862 with the longer name should be merged here, and replaced with a redirect page here. SaltyBoatr (talk) 22:31, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

=Federal or California?= In The New Immigration Federalism by Pratheepan Gulasekaram & S. Karthick Ramakrishnan, the mention of the Anti-Coolie Act is in the context of federal rather than California law, but it's not a strong enough citation to contradict the article. +1 on citation needed for some of the assertions. Footnote reference mentions Session II, Chapter 27, 12 Stat. 340 "as enacted by 37th Cong, Feb. 19, 1862" so relevant rabbit hole if someone steps up to clarify. Thanks! -kim. (talk) 06:53, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Here we go, yes it's federal so this article needs some editings. See also: http://legisworks.org/sal/12/stats/STATUTE-12-Pg340.pdf -kim. (talk) 06:57, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Updated to federal law in main article. -kim. (talk) 07:08, 27 February 2017 (UTC)


 * This article is a mess. It confuses two different and unrelated acts.  The federal Anti-Coolie act merely forbids outfitting of US ships to bring in Chinese labor, and requires voluntary Chinese immigrants to get a US consular certificate, confirming they are immigrating voluntarily.  There is no mention of the taxes or any of the other sanctions reported in the article.  That must be a California State act, not a federal act.  Walrasiad (talk) 02:46, 17 October 2019 (UTC)


 * I propose re-establishing this article as the California law entitled the Anti-Coolie Act of 1862. Almost all the information in the article is about the California measure. There was a US federal law prohibiting transporting "Coolie" laborers on American shipping. This article has nothing to do with that act. That should be a new article Johnnymac13 (talk) 05:03, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for bringing this up, still not resolved. I'm going to put a banner up to warn about the possible misinformation and see if I have time to fix the article later. Caleb Stanford (talk) 00:52, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

Added content dispute. See Coolie which mentions and links here, and this article for example, though I can't tell if the latter source is reliable. Caleb Stanford (talk) 01:01, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

when repealed?
The lede should say when the law was repealed. I couldn't find the information in the body. Jonathan Tweet (talk) 19:52, 30 March 2018 (UTC)


 * The law was overturned by Justices Cope and Norton of the California Supreme Court in October 1862 because it was deemed unconstitutional because it attempted to prohibit immigration by the Chinese. Johnnymac13 (talk) 05:03, 3 March 2021 (UTC)