After a week, Liholiho conveyed his decision that the missionaries could remain in Hawai‘i for a year, though directed them...
The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mission (ABCFM), founded in 1810, arose from the religious fervor that America experienced...
The first page of print in Hawaiian was struck on the printing press, transported from Boston on the Thaddeus, and...
Keōpūolani, mother of Liholiho and Kaiukeaouli, born with the kapu moe, was the highest ranking ali‘i, though she was instrumental...
By the mid-1830s, Hawai‘i had endured a series of escalating foreign conflicts....
King Kaumuali‘i of Kaua‘i had moved to Honolulu in 1822, reportedly kidnapped by Liholiho and married to Ka‘ahumanu....
From 1790 – 1830, a Protestant revival called the Second Great Awakening swept across America. The movement was a reaction...
Kapunahou has long been celebrated for its legendary freshwater spring....
On this anniversary marking the 200th year of the missionaries’ departure from New England and arrival in Hawai‘i, we acknowledge...
For Hawaiians, land was not something to be bought and sold but a living ancestor....