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Home Rule in Hawaii
The report highlights the current standing of the Hawaiian Organic act in 1954. It shows the government bodies that were in act years before Hawaii voted to become a state of the United State and what ‘type’ of home rule Hawaii should have. Including…
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: Samuel Long to William H. Seward, Monday, July 15, 1861 (Report from Hawaii and request for new position)
The Letter from Samuel Long to William H. Seward discusses Long’s service as a US consul in Hawaii. This source directly shows the relations with the USA and Hawaii and just how involved the USA was in the Island. The letter shows how significant…
“Here we are again!”
This newspaper cartoon negatively portrays the Hawaiian home rule party. It places the leader of the party, Robert William Wilcox (identified by his moustache) at the center of the illustration, carrying ‘anti-Dole’ papers. In the background, other…
Declaration of Indian Rights: The BC Indian Position Paper (1970)
This Document was produced by the Union of BC Indian Chiefs and published on 17th November 1970, in direct response to the 1969 White Paper. The White Paper was a controversial policy paper submitted by the serving Canadian Prime Minister Pierre…
Tags: 20th century, Assimilation, British Columbia, Brown Paper, Canadian Policy paper, Civil Rights, Discrimination, Government, Government Papers, Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Rights, Policy, Political relations, Reconciliation efforts, Relations, Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, White Paper Union
‘The General Laws of the State of California from 1850 to 1864’
This is a manuscript of California state laws. It outlines the inalienable rights of its citizens, social, political and personal prohibitions, as well as local legislation. Slavery was prohibited unless it was a punishment for a crime, the fugitive…
Tags: 19th century, Board of Examination, California, Civil Rights, Civil War, Crime, Education, Employment, Fugitive, Gold Rush, Government, Government Papers, Interracial marriage, Labour, Labour Act, Labour Laws, Legislation, Marriage, schools, Sea Lion, Servitude, Slavery, Slavery Prohibition, state laws
Kamehameha I portrait
This source is a portrait of king Kamehameha the Great who reigned Hawaii from 1782 to 1819. By 1810 Kamehameha was the first king to rule all the Hawaiian islands and unite the archipelago. Kamehameha upheld religion and tradition with the threat…
Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen
Queen Liliuokalani’s book was written during a time of great animosity between the United States government and Hawai’i as it was around the time of the US’ annexation of the land, and five years after her forced abdication. In the book she narrates…