Kalaupapa, Hawaii

id: kalaupapa-hawaii-166-5488076
title: Kalaupapa, Hawaii
text: Kalaupapa is a small unincorporated community and Hawaiian home land on the island of Molokaʻi, within Kalawao County in the U.S. state of Hawaii. In 1866, during the reign of Kamehameha V, the Hawaii legislature passed a law that resulted in the designation of Molokaʻi as the site for a leper colony, where patients who were seriously affected by leprosy could be quarantined, to prevent them from infecting others. At the time, the disease was little understood: it was believed to be highly conta
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description: Unincorporated community in the state of Hawaii, United States
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalaupapa,_Hawaii
date created: 2005-04-14T17:53:24Z
date modified: 2024-08-29T19:06:38Z
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image: {"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/KalaupapaVillageCliffs.jpg","width":1296,"height":972}
fields total: 13
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