Kamehameha I died in May 1819, in Kamakahonu, Hawai‘i. Early on, the king had named his son, Liholiho, successor. But...
After a month of teaching chiefs, men, women and children on a day-to-day basis, the missionary wives determined to organize...
Faced with declining revenues for its global missions, ABCFM founded the Foreign Mission School in Cornwall, Connecticut, in 1816 as...
For Hawaiians, land was not something to be bought and sold but a living ancestor....
On July 11, 1842, Levi Chamberlain, business agent for the Mission, bundled four of his children and two others into...
Anchored in Kailua Bay, the passengers of the Thaddeus waited for permission to disembark, entertaining visits on board and making...
Travel to Florence via private coach. After check-in and lunch on your own, meet your guide to walk the streets...
Though sometimes criticized for being a product of Western ideas, the Declaration of Rights and Constitution transformed Hawai‘i....
By the mid-1830s, Hawai‘i had endured a series of escalating foreign conflicts....
The Rev. Hiram Bingham led the first company of missionaries to Hawai‘i in 1819 – 1820....