Immigrant Workers In Hawaii In The 1800's

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Do you think that plantation life for the immigrant workers in Hawaii in the 1800’s? People working on the plantation had to wake up at five in the morning! I think that plantation life for the immigrant workers was not easy in Hawaii in the 1800’s. I think this due to the wretched working conditions, racial gender differences, and living conditions. The wretched living conditions were not acceptable. The plantation workers had to live in very small houses with many people. Often two families had to share a ten square foot houses. These plantation workers had to pay these small houses. They had to keep the house clean at all times even though they were barely in the room or the other family made the mess. Lastly if the plantation workers got

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