Certificates of Residence
Dublin Core
Title
Certificates of Residence
Subject
Hawaii
Immigration
Migration
Chinese Exclusion act
Immigration
Migration
Chinese Exclusion act
Description
Each certificate has a photograph of the resident with his or her name, age, place of residence, occupation, eye color, height, complexion, birth marks and signature of each Chinese immigrant. These certificates are of nineteen year old mother Chang Hoo Shee and seven month old daughter Chang Sum.
After signing the Hawaii Organic act on the 30th April 1900, American laws now applied to the islands of Hawaii. As a result, the American Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 applied to Chinese immigrants in the territory of Hawaii. These certificates of residence would enabled Chinese citizens to work during the harvest of sugar. Hawaii’s export economy was reliant on immigrant labor throughout much of the 19th and 20th centuries. Therefore, free movement of immigrant labor was crucial to sustaining Hawaii’s biggest export, sugar.
After signing the Hawaii Organic act on the 30th April 1900, American laws now applied to the islands of Hawaii. As a result, the American Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 applied to Chinese immigrants in the territory of Hawaii. These certificates of residence would enabled Chinese citizens to work during the harvest of sugar. Hawaii’s export economy was reliant on immigrant labor throughout much of the 19th and 20th centuries. Therefore, free movement of immigrant labor was crucial to sustaining Hawaii’s biggest export, sugar.
Creator
Department of the Treasury
Publisher
University of Hawaii at Manoa Library
http://digicoll.manoa.hawaii.edu/treasures/Pages/viewtext.php?s=browse&tid=143&doctype=29&route=browseby.php&by=doctype&s=browse
http://digicoll.manoa.hawaii.edu/treasures/Pages/viewtext.php?s=browse&tid=143&doctype=29&route=browseby.php&by=doctype&s=browse
Date
13 June 1901
Contributor
Alfie Staples
Rights
University of Hawaii at Manoa Library
Language
English
Type
Textual/Visual - printed/handwritten certificate with photographs
Identifier
20th century Hawai'i
Files
Collection
Citation
Department of the Treasury, “Certificates of Residence,” The American Pacific Rim: Colonisation, Conflict and Connections, 1800-Present, accessed April 19, 2024, https://theamericanpacificrim.omeka.net/items/show/327.