Japanese Sugar Plantation Laborers – 40.02.012.IMG_WORG.JapaneseSugarPlantationWorkers.1890.PD
Japanese sugar plantation laborers photographed in 1890 in Kaʻū, Hawai‘i; they faced harsh working and living conditions.
The Asian American Studies Center acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands) and pay our respects to the honuukvetam (ancestors), ‘ahiihirom (elders), and ‘eyoohiinkem (relatives/relations) past, present, and emerging.
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