John (Ioane) Kāneiakama Papa ‘Ī‘ī was an esteemed statesman and royal adviser, who ultimately served four consecutive monarchs, from Kamehameha...
Hawaiians quickly took to reading and writing but were slower to accept Christianity....
King Kamehameha I united the Hawaiian Islands at a time when foreign influences were transforming everything around him. He managed...
Kauikeaouli was the son of Kamehameha I and his sacred wife, Keōpūolani....
The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mission (ABCFM), founded in 1810, arose from the religious fervor that America experienced...
With the arrival of foreigners, Hawai‘i’s economy expanded beyond traditional systems....
William Richards arrived in Hawaiʻi in 1823 with the second company of missionaries....
The Rev. Hiram Bingham led the first company of missionaries to Hawai‘i in 1819 – 1820....
The Thaddeus anchored outside Honolulu harbor and sent a delegation to meet with Francisco de Paula Marin, a Spanish Catholic...
The work of spreading Christianity got an unexpected boost when Rev. William Ellis landed in Hawai‘i in the spring of...
On November 1, 1820, the Honolulu Mission hosted Captain Allen of Maro, from Nantucket, the first American whaling ship to...