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How Hawai’i Became a U.S. Territory | The Island Murder

The first white Americans to settle in the Islands arrived in the 1820s intent on Christianizing aboriginal Hawaiians; they soon decided it was the Lord’s will that they husband the Hawaiian lands to profitability.

“The Island Murder” airs April 17 at 9/8c on PBS. Learn more at https://to.pbs.org/2rspKJU.