1. Filipinos
... ON THE MAILAND AS YOUNG FILIPINOS. JUST UNDER FOUR THOUSAND RESIDED ON THE PACIFIC COAST-OF THESE 2,674 LIVED IN CALIFORNIA. 958 IN WASHINGTON. MOST OF THE 1920 IMMIGRANTS HAD LITTLE FORMAL EDUCATION AND SPOKE NIETHER ENGLISH NOR SPANISH. THEY WORKED IN WEST COAST AGRICULTURE AND SOME WERE SERVANTS OR IN HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS, AND SOME LABORED IN ALASKA SALMON CANNERIES ... SUCCESFUL AND WAS A REASON FOR MIGRATION TO HAWAII AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. FROM THE TIME OF THE EURPEAN CONTROL, THE ISLANDS HAVE BEEN CALLED THE PHILIPPINES, NAMED AFTER PRINCE PHILIP OF SPAIN. THE FILIPI...
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