Editing Maui (section)

=== Whaling ===
[[File:'Japanese_Laborers_on_Spreckelsville_Plantation',_oil_on_canvas_painting_by_Joseph_Dwight_Strong,_1885,_private_collection.jpg|thumb|Japanese laborers on Maui harvesting [[sugarcane]] in 1885]]
At the height of the [[whaling]] era (1843–1860), Lahaina was a major center. In one season over 400 ships visited with up to 100 anchored at one time in [[Lahaina Roads|Lāhainā Roads]]. Ships tended to stay for weeks rather than days, fostering extended drinking and the rise of [[prostitution]], against which the missionaries battled. Whaling declined steeply at the end of the 19th century as [[petroleum]] replaced [[whale oil]].

Along with the rest of Hawaii, Maui was part of the [[Hawaiian Kingdom]], the [[Republic of Hawaii]], [[Territories of the United States|Hawaiian territory]], and the [[Hawaii|state of Hawaii]].

In 1937, [[Vibora Luviminda]] [[trade union]] conducted the final ethnic [[strike action]] in the  Hawaiian Islands against four Maui [[Sugar plantations in Hawaii|sugarcane plantations]], demanding higher wages and the dismissal of five foremen. Manuel Fagel and nine other strike leaders were arrested, and charged with kidnapping a worker. Fagel spent four months in jail while the strike continued. Eventually, Vibora Luviminda made its point and the workers won a 15% increase in wages after 85 days on strike, but no written contract was signed.