Publisher's Synopsis
Relatos historicos de inmigrantes espanoles reclutados para trabajar en la industria de la cana de azucar en Hawai durante los anos 1907-1913. El barco con su " carga humana" navego primeramente desde el puerto de Malaga [y posteriorment] zarparon desde Gibraltar a traves del estrecho de Magallanes a Punta Arenas hacia Honolulu, Hawai. Gente extraordinaria e historia impresionante, viaje de 54 dias, nacimientos, enfermedades, muertes y entierros en el mar. Los emigrantes enfrentaron una tierra extranjera, nueva cultura, otro idioma. La historia de los buques: S.S. Heliopolis 1907, Orteric 1911, Willesden 1911, Harpalion 1912, Willesden 1913, and Ascot 1913 THE HAWAIIAN STAR Honolulu, Hawaii Thursday, December 13, 1906 A THOUSAND SPANIARDS TO COME THE BOARD OF IMMIGRATION WILL PROBABLY ORDER 1000 SPANIARDS FROM MALAGA WHO ARE REPORTED AVAILABLE.-STACKABLE IS CABLED FOR MORE INFORMATION.-FRASER REPORTS THEM AVAILABLE.-STACKABLE IS IN LONDON AT PRESENT. Se vuelve a decir que la emigracion espanola sera para reemplazar a los japoneses (that the Spaniards are being engaged by Hawaiian sugar interests to replace Japanese laborers.) (The Salt Lake Herald, 17.02.1907) "Ahora acaba de darse en Malaga el escandalo de un vapor negrero atracado a aquel puerto para carga de campesinos espanoles... El espectaculo ha sido extraordinariamente conmovedor... Los emigrantes lloraban con desconsuelo, despidiendose de la tierra que les vio nacer... El pueblo que presenciaba aquel espectaculo, agitaban los panuelos despidiendo a los pobres pasajeros, que abandonan su tierra natal que les niega el pan para la vida" (El Pais, 12.03.1907) Death busy since ship entered Pacific -Fever and measles Este titulo era del Hawaiian Gazette, 14.04.1911 "Death stalked among the fifteen hundred Spanish and Portuguese immigrants aboard the British immigrant steamer Orteric, which arrived yesterday after its long voyage from Spain and Portugal. Fifty-eight deaths were recorded among the children during the voyage. Muerte de 58 ninos en el SS Orteric HAWAIIAN STAR Honolulu, Hawaii Thursday, April 13, 1911 [p. 1] FIFTY-SEVEN CHILDREN DIED ON ORTERIC The immigrant steamer Orteric arrived this morning after a trip of forty-six days. As the vessel came alongside the Chanel wharf a heterogeneous crowd lined the ships side. The crowd was kept back from the wharf, and no one was allowed on except those who had business there. SS WILLESDEN (1er Viaje) Gibraltar El capitan Cox tenia que contar una terrible historia, sobre la forma en que, los inmigrantes, fueron embarcados en Gibraltar. [Captain Cox had a terrible tale to tell of the way in which immigrants were shipped at Gibraltar.] Gibraltar, que desde que fue ocupado por los ingleses, ha sido siempre lugar de acogida de contrabandistas, desertores y malhechores, en este tema concreto de la emigracion jugo el siguiente papel: saltarse las leyes de emigracion espanolas, exprimir a los pobres emigrantes, y tratarles peor que al ganado, [In many places cattle were better penned up than were the people who awaited transportation]. IMMIGRANTS PENNED UP. Captain Cox stated that at Gibraltar there were many hundreds of people ready to go wherever a ship would take them. They were huddled up in a compound, with very little to eat, and their baggage was scattered around. There was absolutely no protection from the four winds, not even a shed to keep the rain off. The people were lying there ready to go anywhere that offered. Had the Willesden been going to Rio Janeiro, Brazil, or anywhere else they would have gone aboard without demur. The people were picked out in families, and told to get on the vessel, and they went. In many places cattle were better penned up than were the people who awaited transportation.
