Sakadas

Sakadas The term used to describe 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

Further reading

• Alcantara, Ruben R. (1981). Sakada: Filipino adaptation in Hawaii. Washington, D.C.: University Press of America. ISBN 0819115797. 
• Alcantara, Ruben R. (1977). The Filipinos in Hawaii: an annotated bibliography. Honolulu: Social Sciences and Linguistic Institute, University of Hawaii. ISBN 0824806123. 
• Cariaga, Roman R. (1937). The Filipinos in Hawaii: economic and social conditions 1906-1936. Honolulu: Filipino Public Relations Bureau. 
• Hawaii Filipino News Specialty Publications (1981). The Filipinos in Hawaii: the first 75 years, 1906-1981 : a commemorative book. Honolulu: : Hawaii Filipino News Specialty Publications. ISBN 096063360X. 

External links

• Filipino History in Hawaii before 1946: The Sakada Years of Filipinos in Hawaii
• The Filipino Century Beyond Hawaii: A report
• Filipino Workers in Hawaii, 1926 Photographs in Connection with the Investigation of Working Conditions of Filipino Laborers on Hawaiian Sugar Plantations, 1926