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Bought for a bottle of gin and 15 shillings an acre. Annexed to the U.S.

Posted by Judith Nona Talaugon on August 15, 2009 at 6:51pm

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Olohega

Olohega or Swains Island Part 1 of 3 Tagata PasifikaSource: www.youtube.comOlohega. A small, idyllic Pacific island north of Samoa and just south of Tokelau. Bought for a bottle of gin and 15 shillings an acre. Annexed to the United States. Its former inhabitants were evicted almost sixty years ago from their island and long to return.

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