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Document 2
Annotation: In the pages of a missionary magazine, Saum Song Bo describes the irony of erecting a Statue of
Liberty just after the United States had enacted a law excluding Chinese from the United States.
SIR: A paper was presented to me yesterday for inspection, and I found it to be specially drawn up for
subscription among my countrymen toward the Pedestal Fund of the Statue of Liberty in New York. Seeing that
the heading is an appeal to American citizens, to their love of country and liberty, I feel that my countrymen and
myself are honored in being thus appealed to as citizens in the cause of liberty. But the word liberty makes me
think of the fact that this country is the land of liberty for men of all nations except the Chinese. I consider it as
an insult to us Chinese to call on us to contribute toward building in this land a pedestal for a Statue of Liberty.
That statue represents Liberty holding a torch which lights the passage of those of all nations who come into
this country. But are the Chinese allowed to come? As for the Chinese who are here, are they allowed to enjoy
liberty as men of all other nationalities enjoy it? Are they allowed to go about everywhere free from insults,
abuse, assaults, wrongs and injuries from which men of other nationalities are free?
hu Saum Sang Ro 1885

Answer 1

The analysis of this letter that this Chinese wrote is that they were being asked to contribute towards building something they were not receiving.

The summary of the letter

The summary of this letter is that Saum was exposing the hypocrisy of a government that wanted them to contribute towards building the statue of liberty yet the same government was rejecting Chinese immigrants.

He pointed out how unfair the nation was towards Chinese people and how they are restricted from enjoying the liberty that is promised in America.

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