Have you ever considered what life for the sugar plantation laborers in Hawaii were like? Many different races came to Hawaii in the 1800s. They came to work on the sugar plantations so that they could take back their earnings to their home country. The races that came were the Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Filipinos, Portuguese, Norwegians, Puerto Ricans, Spaniards, germans, and Russians. Many left their families and came to Hawaii, but some brought their families with them. Plantation life in Hawaii in the 1800-1900s was arduous because living conditions were terrible, working conditions were grueling, and different races were treated very differently.
First, the living conditions in Hawaii in the 1800s were close to inhabitable and terrible. According to source 1, most plantation workers were miserable. They lived in work camps that were both crowded and unsanitary. Usually, two couples had to share a 10-foot-square room had one kitchen. Also, their homes were in parched fields that didn't have much shade. They were only fed a pre-dawn bowl of rice for the 10-12 hours of work ahead. They were charged for transportation, housing, clothing, and food. Source 2 also says that sometimes forty people lived in one room and slept on hard wooden boards. Living in conditions like this was harsh and unfair.
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Source 1 claims that weed-clearing-crews were bent over all day pulling weeds. Other workers had to rid the sugarcane of its sharp-edged leaves and therefore suffered from blisters and cuts. Plantation workers also had to endure the wasps that infested the fields. When they cut the sugarcane, clouds of dust make breathing troublesome. In addition, work was harsh and and unfair. "If laborers slowed down or showed signs of not working, lunas whipped them with black snake whips" (source 2.) Working conditions for the laborers were both repetitive and
They had to do back-breaking labor, found in resource #1. The people would have to hike up to the fields, found in resource #1. Also, they had to work long hours everyday, found in resource #1. A regular day in the fields would last 10 hours, while working in the mills is 12 hours, found in resource #1. If they were found slowing down or showing signs of not working, they would get whipped with a black snake whip, found in resource #2.
In Hawaii, in the 1800s, King Kamehameha the fourth and the planters needed to import foreign workers to make more sugar. Plantation life in Hawaii in the 1800s was not easy. They had harsh living conditions, working conditions were difficult to work in, and racial differences made it unfair. Living condition was harsh because those who worked on the plantation had to live in a 10 foot-square room with a kitchen according to source #1. In source #1
Economics It was based off indigo rice sugar which were used for money Slavery was allowed because of constant complaints from settlers They trade all the food they grew They grew indigo rice sugar and also raised pigs plantations were massive they had a dairy, main house, slave quarters, blacksmith 's shop, laundry, smokehouse and barns
It was my first impression, that plantations had slaves who would take care of all the cooking, cleaning, and childcare
Most of the workers were immigrants from China, Japan, the Philippines, and other countries, who came to Hawaii seeking better opportunities. However, they often found themselves living in crowded and unsanitary conditions, working long hours in the fields, and facing discrimination and exploitation from their employers. Despite the harsh conditions, the plantation workers formed tight-knit communities and developed their own cultural traditions, which helped them cope with the challenges of plantation life. This paper will explore the experiences of plantation workers, their living and working conditions, and their cultural practices, as well as the legacy of their struggles and
They were having to work 12 hours a day with no sleep
The working conditions were frustrating and stressful. Genders and different cultures were not treated equally and nicely. The living conditions were terrible and in one small little hut made of grass you would have to share it with like forty people. It was very unsanitary and they had to give up living with family and in their own house for three years and little pay.(stated from the article “Plantation Life”)
Hawaii and its inhabitants changed tremendously after the arrival of Captain Cook in 1778 during his third voyage into the Pacific. About 1,300 years earlier, the Polynesians first settled on the island of Hawaii. The rest of the Hawaiian islands- Kahoolawe, Maui, Lanai, Molokai, Oahu, Kauai, and Niihau- were then settled into 300 years later at about 900 A.D. It was not until the Tahitians arrived that the islands were individually ruled by a high priest and the Hawaiians began to believe in gods and demigods. During this time, social class, the art of hula, and the sport of surfing were created as well as conflicts concerning land division between the ruling chieftains.
A choice to either give up their family and country to work in labor or to stay home and live their normal lives. Some people from different countries would accept the first choice. They left their home, only bringing a few valuables to Hawaii and to work in a sugar plantation to fill the need of workers and to get a job in the booming business. But only in the future, people would know that plantation life in Hawaii in the 1800’s was very difficult for the immigrant workers. The living conditions in Hawaii were crowded and unsanitary, the working conditions were difficult, and race differences didn’t make a fair share of the jobs.
Some of the conditions were low pays, no safe at all to work in, over crowed in factories, working days were long. Some people work 10 to 12 hours a day. There was no job security, no workman’s companion , no retirement fund.
On rice plantations, the conditions were harsh and the labour was extremely hard. Due to the physical stress of harvesting rice, the mortality rate of the slaves was often high. The slaves in Georgia endured terrible punishments
The manufacturers were faced with maintaining a high crop yield, but luckily the Caribbean islands provided an ideal location for growing cane sugar. Once plantations were constructed yet another issue confronted the owners, cheap labor. For the plantations to produce large enough quantities of sugar to fulfill the demand, many slaves were necessary; thus, a successful slave industry arose with the aid of these wealthy entrepreneurs who hoped to own successful plantations. The absentee owners in England, Spain, and France became increasingly wealthy as the demand and industry for sugar
These foreigners brought diseases to which the Hawaiian people were not immune. The population of Hawaii decreased by thirteen percent from about 300,000 citizens in the 1770s to a mere 40,000 by 1893. As more Americans came to the islands, businessmen in the sugar industry began mass producing sugar and gradually increasing their control over the Hawaiian people and their land. To keep the sugarcane plantations running, planters needed workers. Since they had killed of most of the Hawaiians with their diseases the Americans brought in foreign workers from China, Japan, and the Philippines.
In Polynesian culture there are 3 dramatic aspects of their society that are signicant, these are common more in Hawaiian culture that I will examine in my information report. These 3 aspects include the Hawaiian economy, the culture of the locals and the food consumed in the country. Hawaii is located west of the USA in the central pacific, although it is not joint with the United States it is governed by the US and is situated in North America, USA. There is no place on earth like Hawaii. Whether you're a new to the country or returning, the six unique islands offer distinct experiences that will astonish any traveller.
“Over the ensuing centuries, a distinctly Hawaiian culture arose. Sailors became farmers and fishermen.” As Hawaii arose to become its own distinct culture the previous sailors that came to the island had settled on the land and became even more skilled on land as they were on the water. The tourist side of Hawaii has been around