I decided it may be a good idea to revisit Fort Vancouver and the Hawaiians that inhabited. While searching, I learned that the Sandwich Islands were the mid point between Asia and the Pacific NW. During the exploration and settling of the area, one of the busiest ports in the world was in Hawaii. It was SO busy ,that the Hudson Bay Co. established an office in Oahu in 1829. There, they were able to manage the importing and exporting of goods, such as hogs, sweet potatoes, and sugar to the NW.
Fort Vancouver 1825 Much like the Native Americans, the Native Hawaiian's sufferred from disease as contact with Europe and Asia increased. This was part of the reason that many left the islands to explore abroad. Some however were forced or coerced into indentured servantry.
Source: Donna Sinclair
April, your project looks like it is really coming along. It looks awesome and thanks for doing this subject cause I have learned tons of stuff from this that I would never had bothered to look up or learn, Ya know? Cool Cool!
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you keeping up the momentum, April. Have you tried a Google Books search to see if there is anything on line about this subject -- also try a Google newspaper archives search for articles from the 1800s. I'll explain how if you need coaching.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tips teach! I've got a trip to the library planned for tommorrow, I'll use some of that time for searching google books/newspapers
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