Who made the the railroad?

Anonymous

∙ 16y ago

Updated: 8/17/2019

The rail roads in the United States were built by Chinese and Asian slaves during the mid to late 1800's. They were not officaly slaves. What companies did was pay them (for example) $10 a day, but it costs $50 a day to feed and house them. So they could not leave.

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∙ 14y ago

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