Sakadas

For the ancient Greek musician, see Sakadas of Argos.

Sakadas were Filipino men imported by the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association to Hawaii as "unskilled laborers" from 1906 to 1946 mainly from the Visayas and Ilocos regions of the Philippines.[1]

History

The Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association approved a plan to recruit labor from the Philippines in April 1906 and asked Albert F. Judd to represent them [2]

See also

Filipino-American

References

  1. http://filam.si.edu/curriculum/u3-part-03.html A Century of Challenge and Change: The Filipino American Story, Unit 3 - Brown America
  2. The Filipinos in Hawaii: the first 75 years, 1906-1981 : a commemorative book. Honolulu

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