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Likewise most of the "Kanakas" -- Polynesians -- who came to work in the sugar fields were expatriated after 1901.
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Likewise most of the "Kanakas" -- Polynesians -- who came to work in the sugar fields were expatriated after 1901.
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The Kanakas were a handsome race, and beauty was not rare among them, but it was the beauty of shapely animals.
The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands 1919
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Without waiting for the captain, (for there was no one on board but the mate and steward,) he sprung into the boat, called the Kanakas together, and tried to put off.
Chapter XXV. Rumors of War-A Spouter-Slipping for a South-Easter-A Gale 1909
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Without waiting for the captain, (for there was no one on board but the mate and steward,) he sprung into the boat, called the Kanakas together, and tried to put off.
Two years before the mast, and twenty-four years after: a personal narrative 1869
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Without waiting for the captain, (for there was no one on board but the mate and steward,) he sprung into the boat, called the Kanakas together, and tried to put off.
Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 1848
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Without waiting for the captain (for there was no one on board the brig but the mate and steward), he sprung into the boat, called the Kanakas together, and tried to put off.
Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 1848
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When the time of the royal feast comes, the natives, or "Kanakas," as they call themselves, get busy.
Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Jewett Castello Gilson
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The natives are generally known as "Kanakas," and there is not a little illicit traffic in their labor.
Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges 1895
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The "Kanakas" generally worked for a year or two in the colony, then, having received a bundle of goods -- consisting of cloth, knives, hatchets, beads, and so forth, to the value of about £10 -- they were again conveyed to their palm-clad islands.
History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890 George Sutherland 1880
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