Maui’s Kūʻē Petitions Against Annexation – 22.02.IMG.010_OIWI.KuePetitionSignaturesAgainstAnnexation.1897.UniversityHIMānoa 22.02.IMG.010_OIWI.KuePetitionSignaturesAgainstAnnexation.1897.NARA.595390

One page excerpt of Maui’s Kūʻē Petitions against annexation. The author’s great-grandmother, Mrs. Kaakau WongKong, is the twenty-sixth signature. With 21,000 signatures, Queen Liliʻuokalani and a delegation from Hawaiʻi convinced enough US Senators to vote against the 1897 Treaty of Annexation.

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