What was life like for contract workers on Hawaiian plantations?
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Workers shopped at company stores and lived in company housing, much of which was meager and unsanitary. Until 1900, plantation workers were legally bound by 3- to 5-year contracts, and "deserters" could be jailed.
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Between 1909 and 1930, 112,800 Filipinos came to Hawaii with 36% returning to the Philippines. Plantation owners worked hard to maintain a hierarchical caste system that prevented worker organization, and divided the camps based on ethnic identity.
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