Holehole Bushi: Franklin Odo on the Work Songs of Japanese Sugarcane Workers in Hawai`i
Posted by: Stephanie Hall
Japanese agricultural workers began immigrating to Hawai`i in 1868, primarily to work on sugar plantations. This immigration peaked in the late 19th century. At this time the population of Native Hawaiians was crashing. As Hawaiians had more contact with Europeans they contracted diseases that they had no immunity to. Sugar plantations, mainly owned by American …
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