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RIZAL FIRST SAW AMERICA. HES ARRIVAL IN THIS GREAT COUNTRY WAS MARRED BY RACIAL PREJUDICE, FOR HE SAW THE DISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT OF THE CHINESE AND THE NEGROS BY THE WHITE AMERICANS
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IN SAN FRANCISCO-APRIL 28,1888, SATURDDAY MORNING, THE STREAMER BELGIC WITH RIZAL ON BOARD DOCKED AT SAN FRANCISCO.

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AMERICAN HEALTH AUTHORITIES PLACE THE SHIP UNDER QUARANTIN ON THE GROUND THAT IT CAME FROM THE FAR EAST WHERE A CHOLERA EPIDEMIC WAS RANGING. RIZAL WAS SURPRISE COZ HE KNEW THAT THERE WAS NO CHOLERA EPIPEDEMIC AT THAT TIME IN THE FAR EAST. HE SOON DISCOVERED THAT THE PLACING OF THE SHIP UNDER QUARANTINE WAS MOTIVATED BY POLITICS, THE SHIP WAS CARRYING 643 CHINESE COOLIES

AFTER A WEEK OF QUARANTINE, ALL FIRST CLASS PASSENGERS INCLUDING RIZAL ERE PERMITED TO LAND.
RIZAL IN SAN FRANCISCO MAY 4,1888-FRIDAY AFTERNOON RIZAL REGISTERED AT PALACE HOTEL , HE STAYED THERE FOR 2 DAYS. THE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. AT THAT TIME WAE GROVER CLEWELAND

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THE AMERICAN CONTINENT MAY 6, 1888- SUNDAY 4:30 PM. HE LEFT SAN FRANCISCI FOR OAKLAND 9 MILES ACROSS SAN FRANCISCO BAY BY FERRY BOAT IN OAKLAND HE TOOK HIS SUPPER AT SACRAMENTO FOR 75 CENTS AND SLEPT AT HIS COACH. MAY 7,1888- HE WALKED AND EAT BREAKFAST AT RENO NEVADA-THE BIGGES T LITTLE CITY IN THE WORLD.