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Korean Immigration

Eleanor Culloton

Korea

Korea

Early 1900's

Push Factors: Famine and Political Turmoil

Voluntary Migration

Hawaii

  • January 13, 1903
  • Hawaii at this time was a U.S. territory - in the U.S, not U.S citizens
  • Pull Factor: Pineapple and Sugar Plantations needed labor

California

Double Click!

  • 50% of Koreans left Hawaii after their plantation contracts were over. (circa 1905)
  • Intraregional Migration (West/Pacific Region)
  • Many established small businesses, Mom & Pop stores.
  • Pachappa Camp - first Korea-town

Boston, MA

Boston

  • Exclusion Act of 1924 banned Asian immigrants but not Korean students
  • Columbia, Princeton, Boston, NYU
  • Became one of the most important Korean communities throughout the USA

- Korean Society of Boston

  • Intraregional Migration
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