Does Hawaii have plantations?

Hawaii's main crops were pineapple, and sugarcane. By the time the business men wanted to create these plantations too many Hawaiians had died, to the point that powers to be expected them to be extinct soon. read more

Although Hawaii never had slavery, the sugar plantations were largely based on cheap imported labor from Maderia, and many parts of Asia. Maderia, along with my strumming GGF, brought Hawaii the Ukulele. read more

Plantation owners quickly began importing workers which dramatically changed Hawaii’s demographics and is an extreme example of globalization. In 1850, the first imported worker arrived from China. Between 1852–1887, almost 50,000 Chinese arrived to work in Hawaii, while 38% of them returned to China. read more

Most of the Hawaii plantations have been around for a while, and when you visit the more historic ones, you can learn a lot about Hawaii history. The first sugar plantations in Hawaii were established in the 1830's, and it was around the same time that the state's first coffee plantations began springing up across the islands. read more