Sand Lot Meeting in San Francisco
In 1877, San Francisco had much unemployment, which many attributed to the influx of Chinese following the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad as well as immigrants from China itself. Denis Kearney, an American political agitator, inflamed Californians against Chinese laborers and also formed a workingmen's party that achieved reform measures. Late in 1877, a meeting was called of all who empathized with the California laborers. The meeting was held in an area filled with sand and ready for the construction of a building. The gathering became a regular Sunday morning meeting and the name "Sand Lot Meetings" began to have widespread use. Pictured in this 1896 illustration is one of San Francisco's Sand Lot meetings.
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