Pineapple Worker in Hawaii, circa 1920s

Asians were recruited from the mid-1800s until the early 1900s to meet the labor needs of the growing agribusiness industries on the West Coast and Hawai‘i. Asian labor formed the backbone of the sugar and pineapple plantations in Hawai‘i.

 

Photo courtesy of the Center for Labor Education & Research, University of Hawai‘i at West O‘ahu

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