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What Occupations Did They Do on Hawaiian Sugar Plantations?

November 15, 2017 Melody Lassalle Comments 0 Comment

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Processing Sugar Cane in Hawaii in the 1860s

August 7, 2017 Melody Lassalle Comments 0 Comment

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Child Laborers on Hawaiian Plantations

September 25, 2016 Melody Lassalle Comments 0 Comment

Not many know that children were a vital part of the Hawaiian sugar plantation work force. They were employed to do many jobs the adult workers did as well as many jobs that they didn’t. The Portuguese played an important part in providing a child labor force. Unlike Asians who migrated as individuals, the Portuguese migrated as families. Plantation owners were not blind to this. In fact, the owners were well aware of the potential future work force which is…

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