On Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 10:21:18 AM UTC-4, S Viemeister wrote:
> On 3/26/2017 8:03 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> > They weren't needed for slave labor in the islands. The indigenous
> > population sufficed.
> >
> Too many native Hawaiians died from imported diseases, so Chinese and
> Japanese were imported. Asia is closer to Hawai'i than is Africa.

Of course. I wasn't thinking about that. Thanks for reminding me.

Cindy Hamilton