January 30, 1875

Reciprocity Treaty of 1875 Signed

The Kingdom of Hawaii and the US signed the Reciprocity Treaty, granting Hawaiian sugar duty-free US access and binding the islands economically to America-accelerating the plantation economy and the path to annexation. (Shares Jan 30 with Fred Korematsu Day.)

Sources

govinfo.gov govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-19/pdf/STATUTE-19-Pg625.pdf
britannica.com britannica.com/event/Reciprocity-Treaty-of-1875

Also on January 30

2011

First Fred Korematsu Day