Kalawao
Hawaii, United States
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site of leprosarium
- In Kalaupapa Peninsula
Kalawao village, on the peninsula’s east side, is now abandoned but was the site of the original “leper colony” established by King Kamehameha V in 1866; to effect a quarantine, native Hawaiians were relocated from the area (the remainder were removed in 1895, after the…
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