Joeschmoe
02-09-2008, 02:48 PM
Japanese have been a presence in the continental United States for more than a century, but many Japanese were slaves held by several Indian tribes in the Northwest even before the arrival of the first Whites.
From 1636 to around 1860, Japanese were forbidden to emigrate in order to stem the growing numbers of Japanese slaves. The Tokugawa shogunate attempted to imposed an embargo on emigration in the 17th
Laws forbidding emigration were reinstated when Japan feared that the export of labor would lower their prestige among nations of the world. Emigration laws were later relaxed again only because of severe economic conditions and crop failures in southern Japan.
From 1636 to around 1860, Japanese were forbidden to emigrate in order to stem the growing numbers of Japanese slaves. The Tokugawa shogunate attempted to imposed an embargo on emigration in the 17th
Laws forbidding emigration were reinstated when Japan feared that the export of labor would lower their prestige among nations of the world. Emigration laws were later relaxed again only because of severe economic conditions and crop failures in southern Japan.