Many worked for $10 a month in the sugar fields.
As far as I know, most of the pineapple plantations have closed down. Pineapples are not native to Hawaii but were brought by immigrants.
Filipino immigrants in Hawaii settled primarily in plantation camps on the islands of Oahu, Maui, Hawaii, and Kauai. These camps were located near the sugar and pineapple plantations where many Filipinos worked as laborers.
Most immigrants became plantation workers.
it wasn't so much of a normal migration but more of a migration due to work and in small groups at a time. They started the migration because they were needed in Hawaii to work in sugar cane plantations.
Only in Hawaii.
Hawaii is the Pacific state known for having large sugar plantations, although most of these plantations have been phased out in recent years.
Hawaii is the Pacific state known for its large sugar plantations. Sugar production was a major industry in Hawaii for many years before declining in recent decades.
Rats first appeared in Hawaii around the 1870's with the arrival of sugar cane plantations. The rats were attracted to the sweetness of the sugar cane plants and are the source of much destruction. Most of the rats migrated to Hawaii from Polynesia with Polynesian immigrants.
They worked in the sugar plantations.
Native Hawaiians are believed to be immigrants from Polynesia. There have been many immigrants from many countries, but today Hawaii is populated mostly by Native Hawaiians, the Japanese and Americans.
Sugar Plantations
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