~ 17,000 men from China took part in building the Western Canadian portion of the Canadian Pacific Railroad.
4,000 died in the process
The survivors disappeared into history with not even one of their names remembered as having been part of this Herculean task.
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Eh, they built a big wall that was much worse, and I think they had a choice in coming to Canada. If they were piled into ships and sent over here to work as slaves, my mistake.
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