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Quakerfriend

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1. It's amazing that this history is so overlooked-

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Jan 17, 2022, 07:21 AM

Jan 2022

Last edited Mon Jan 17, 2022, 09:24 AM - Edit history (1)

‘Coolies’ were also used to run the sugar farms in Cuba.
Many emigrated to New York when they could. And, some started restaurants-
blending Chinese and Cuban cooking-some of the best food in NYC!

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Making sugar, making 'coolies': Chinese laborers toiled alongside Black workers on 19th-century [View all] TexasTowelie Jan 2022 OP

It's amazing that this history is so overlooked- Quakerfriend Jan 2022 #1

I was totally unaware if Chinese/Cuban cooking ! HUAJIAO Jan 2022 #2