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El huracán que mandó boricuas a Hawái

After San Ciriaco, more than 5,000 Puerto Ricans reached Hawaiʻi in a migration tied to disaster, poverty, colonial power, and sugar plantation recruitment.

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  • The migration was tied to San Ciriaco's devastation, but not caused by the hurricane alone.
  • Centro Journal source material supports more than 5,000 Puerto Ricans migrating to Hawaiʻi in the early 1900-1901 wave.
  • U.S. Census Bureau material counted 4,890 Puerto Ricans in Hawaiʻi in 1910.
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EnciclopediaPR: Puerto Rican diaspora in the United StatesDuke University Libraries: Rural Migration: HawaiiU.S. Census Bureau: Report on the Census of Porto Rico, 1899Local source packet: El huracán que mandó boricuas a HawáiYouTube Short
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