Portfolio: The Forgotten Koreans of Mexico and Cuba
In 1905, 1,033 Koreans boarded the SS Ilford, bound for Mexico and an imagined prosperous new life. The reality that awaited them was indentured servitude in Henequen plantations harvesting an agave then known as “the green gold” of Mexico. Many fled to Cuba, where they again faced work in Henequen …
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