As promised, here is some more information on Filipino immigration to the United States:
Approximately 1587 A Spanish galleon, the Nuestra Senora de Buena Esperanza, sent a shore party to explore what is now Morro Bay, California. This occurred on Sunday, Oct 18th 1587. Luzones Indios(Filipinos) were among the crew who landed. On Oct 20 there was a skirmish with local Indians and 1 Filipino was killed, they departed the coast on Oct 22nd.(This information is from Spanish Voyages to the Northwest Coast of America in the 16th century,pub.1929) Around 1595 The San Augustin, was shipwrecked near Point Reyes, San Francisco harbor. Filipino seamen were part of the crew.
1763 - The Manilla Men established the village named St. Malo in the bayous outside of New Orleans.(Reported by Lafcadio Hearn, in Harpers weekly March 31st, 1883.)
1789- 1865 Many Filipino crew members worked on Spanish exploration vessels, as well as Spanish Galeons. These vessels toured the west coast of the United States . In 1865 records from the New Bedford Whaling Museum identify whaling crewmembers in Alaska as Manilla Men.
1898 American ships arrive at Manila Bay, and defeat the Spanish. This same year the Americans purchase the Philippine Islands for $20 million dollars from Spain.
1899 The outbreak of the Philippine/American war starts and last approximately 10 years. The total casualties: Filipino Est. 400,00 600,000 dead, American Est. 10,000 dead.
1900 In the early 1900s, the Alaskeros, work at the Alaska cannery plants. These were Filipinos who decide to take up permanent residence in Alaska.
From the early 1900s to ~1930 over 100,000 Filipinos worked on infrastructure building in the US. As many as 115,000 Filipinos were also employed as cheap labor in Hawaii for sugar production.
1946 1965 ~36,000 Filipinos entered the US as immigrants. Most families located themselves in Hawaii, California, some other West Coast cities and as far east as New York.
Current estimates on immigration are ~ 70,000 Filipinos coming every year.
What is really interesting is how this information coincides with notable Kali practitioners openly teaching or traveling the US.
Gumagulang
Steve
Approximately 1587 A Spanish galleon, the Nuestra Senora de Buena Esperanza, sent a shore party to explore what is now Morro Bay, California. This occurred on Sunday, Oct 18th 1587. Luzones Indios(Filipinos) were among the crew who landed. On Oct 20 there was a skirmish with local Indians and 1 Filipino was killed, they departed the coast on Oct 22nd.(This information is from Spanish Voyages to the Northwest Coast of America in the 16th century,pub.1929) Around 1595 The San Augustin, was shipwrecked near Point Reyes, San Francisco harbor. Filipino seamen were part of the crew.
1763 - The Manilla Men established the village named St. Malo in the bayous outside of New Orleans.(Reported by Lafcadio Hearn, in Harpers weekly March 31st, 1883.)
1789- 1865 Many Filipino crew members worked on Spanish exploration vessels, as well as Spanish Galeons. These vessels toured the west coast of the United States . In 1865 records from the New Bedford Whaling Museum identify whaling crewmembers in Alaska as Manilla Men.
1898 American ships arrive at Manila Bay, and defeat the Spanish. This same year the Americans purchase the Philippine Islands for $20 million dollars from Spain.
1899 The outbreak of the Philippine/American war starts and last approximately 10 years. The total casualties: Filipino Est. 400,00 600,000 dead, American Est. 10,000 dead.
1900 In the early 1900s, the Alaskeros, work at the Alaska cannery plants. These were Filipinos who decide to take up permanent residence in Alaska.
From the early 1900s to ~1930 over 100,000 Filipinos worked on infrastructure building in the US. As many as 115,000 Filipinos were also employed as cheap labor in Hawaii for sugar production.
1946 1965 ~36,000 Filipinos entered the US as immigrants. Most families located themselves in Hawaii, California, some other West Coast cities and as far east as New York.
Current estimates on immigration are ~ 70,000 Filipinos coming every year.
What is really interesting is how this information coincides with notable Kali practitioners openly teaching or traveling the US.
Gumagulang
Steve
