Chilecito and Spanishtown
Chilecito and Spanishtown
This chapter focuses on the communities known as Chilecito (Little Chile) and Spanishtown formed by Latin American immigrants in the nineteenth century. These sites were once focal points of the extensive Chilean presence in Northern California. During the summer of 1849, Little Chile became crucible of interethnic conflict when a Yankee mob known as the Hounds ransacked the neighborhood, robbing, raping, and killing many of its residents. The attack exemplified nativist aggression and presaged the violent reception that Chileans encountered in California's mining regions, Chilecito and neighboring Chinatown also became the heart of San Francisco's sex-work district, forecasting later trends in the city's sexual geography.
Keywords: Chile, California, Chilecito, Spanishtown, race relations, Chinatown, sex work, Hounds
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