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In the fall of 1887, the Thurston cabinet signed off on the renewal of the reciprocity treaty with the United States, with one significant amendment—Pearl Harbor was ceded to the U.S. as a naval coaling station. In other words within one year, working-class Hawaiians had been denied the right to vote for half the legislature, the Hawaiian king became the puppet of a white oligarchy, and one of the archipelagos best ports was handed to a foreign government. (excerpt) —Sarah Vowell in Unfamiliar Fishes Reciprocity Day of Note: On this date in 1887 the United States took control of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Read Unfamiliar Fishes: Library via WorldCat.org: bit.ly/UF_WorldCat Local Bookstore via IndieBound: bit.ly/UnfamiliarFishes_Local Goodreads: bit.ly/GR_UnfamiliarFishes Barnes & Noble: bit.ly/BN_UnfamilarFishes Amazon: amzn.to/1kWXs2R
Posted on: Sun, 09 Nov 2014 14:36:41 +0000

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