Hawaiʻi has selected a site for the Battle of Hanapēpē Memorial at the Hanapēpē Filipino Cemetery to honor the 1924 clash ...
Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. workers gather for a group photo at Puunene Mill on March 1, 2016, the day the final harvest of sugar cane began. - The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo HAWAIIAN ...
The closing of the Kekaha Sugar Co. on Nov. 17 after over 120 years of operation ended a plantation famous in the Hawaiian sugar growing industry for its unique engineering efforts and high yields ...
unique chapter in the history of sugar on Kaua’iBy Chris Cook New Media Manager KILAUEA – Since its closing almost three decades ago the buildings and equipment of the Kilauea Sugar Co. have ...
A group of Mexican migrants who spent years harvesting sugar cane on a Louisiana farm say they were forced to work long hours without overtime and paid illegally low wages. The workers are now ...
Products such as rum and refined sugar were produced in plantation on Caribbean islands like Antigua. The refineries were very hot and the work turning sugar cane into valuable finished goods was ...
A sugar plantation on Antigua, 1823. The hard work of planting and harvesting sugar led to long hours for the enslaved African workforce. An engraving depicting enslaved Africans being auctioned ...