Aloha kakou.
Although published in September last year the author Anwel Skinsnes Law made an interesting statement at a book promotion recently in Kaunakakai, she said the: "Royal Hawaiian family was close to freeing the exiles and opening hospitals on each of the islands, but the overthrow of the Monarchy ended this movement, and hundreds more came to the peninsula."
http://themolokaidispatch.com/revisiting-kalaupapa-history/
Some further information on the book here:
http://www.kanawai.org/kalaupapa-a-collective-memory-ka-hokuwelowelo/
And/Or here:
http://hawaii.news.blogs.civilbeat.com/post/35376031704/three-news-books-about-kalupapa
...... Onipa'a
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