Who were the Manila Men? Filipinos deep in the Bayou!

[@SixSigmaCloud]

Dont forget rice. Certainly didnt come from france and louissiana is the rice state.

[@cjmarsh504]

Romeo Santos and sugar

[@era.yusnita1435]

@@cjmarsh504 sugaecane is native south american

[@antoniosingson1791]

@@era.yusnita1435 It may not have originally come from the Caribbean and S. America but is abundant there during the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries..

[@barrioboi14344]

@@MaresBarres remember majority from african countries dnt produce or grow rice.

[@MaresBarres]

@@barrioboi14344 Traditional American rice is the species that comes from Africa, not Asia. They're different species.

[@mpauli12]

I’m from New Orleans born and raised and found out I have Filipino ancestry. I guess this is where that came from.

[@KirbyAraullo]

Wow, thanks for sharing! 😊

[@antoniosingson1791]

Hi dear Mia. Any chance we could be friends? I'm from central Philippines nr Boracay..

[@eazypeazy33]

I saw a picture of my great great grandma as an old lady & jokingly stated she looked like a little Philippine lady.. more digging into the ancestry. And I was correct. Grande Isle La. the Pirates who sailed with Jean Lafitte..

[@mpauli12]

@@eazypeazy33 wow!

[@Random_JapGuy]

1/8 Filipino

[@thegrandmasabrina]

Took the DNA ancestry test and was surprised to find out that I have small amounts of Northern Philippine ancestry. I believe that my ancestor may have been one of those Manila men that jumped ship near Louisiana. Just wish there was a way I can find out exactly which one he was.

[@KirbyAraullo]

Thanks for sharing!! 😍

[@UndercoverMother11]

Come visit! Your ancestor may make you feel at home.

[@walktheworld2080]

My Grandpa, a Fillipino, was born on St Mall. He used to tell me about the island he was born on and how it was flooded out of existence. Thanks for acknowledging this.

[@annarene1731]

I have a small percentage of Filipino heritage according to genetic testing and my Father is from Louisiana. I’m glad to know this

[@MoochieLovesIt]

1573 to 1811, Roughly between 1556 and 1813, Spain engaged in the Galleon Trade between Manila and Acapulco. The galleons were built in the shipyards of Cavite, outside Manila, by Filipino craftsmen. The trade was funded by Chinese traders, manned by Filipino sailors and "supervised" by Spain. In this time frame, Spain recruited Mexicans to serve as soldiers in Manila. Likewise, they drafted Filipinos to serve as soldiers in Mexico. Thus the "crossbreeding" of Mexicans and Filipinos ensued. Once drafted, the trip across the ocean usually came with a "one way" ticket. The transplanted soldiers married into their new communities.1587, First Filipinos ("Luzonians") to set foot in North America arrive in Morro Bay, (San Luis Obispo) California on board the Manila-built galleon ship Nuestra Senora de Esperanza under the command of Spanish Captain Pedro de Unamuno.1720, Gaspar Molina, a Filipino from Pampanga province, oversees the construction of El Triunfo dela Cruz, the first ship built in California.1763, First permanent Filipino settlements established in North America near Barataria Bay in southern Louisiana.1781, Antonio Miranda Rodriguez chosen a member of the first group of settlers to establish the City of Los Angeles, California. He and his daughter fell sick with smallpox while enroute, and remained in Baja California for an extended time to recuperate. When they finally arrived in Alta California, it was discovered that Miranda Rodriguez was a skilled gunsmith. He was reassigned in 1782 to the Presidio of Santa Barbara as an armorer.1796, The first American trading ship to reach Manila, the Astrea, was commanded by Captain Henry Prince.1812, During the War of 1812, Filipinos from Manila Village (near New Orleans) were among the "Batarians" who fought against the British under the command of Jean Lafitte in the Battle of New Orleans.1870, Filipinos studying in New Orleans form the first Filipino Association in the United States, the "Sociedad de Beneficencia de los Hispanos Filipinos."1888, Dr. José Rizal visits the United States and predicts that the Philippines will one day be [a United States] colony in his essay, The Philippines: A Century Hence.1898, The Philippines declares its independence (June 12, Kawit, Cavite) only to be ceded to the United States by Spain for $20 million. United States annexes the Philippines.1899, Philippine-American War begins.1902, Cooper Act passed by the U.S. Congress makes it illegal for Filipinos to own property, vote, operate a business, live in an American residential neighborhood, hold public office and become a naturalized American citizen.1903, First Pensionados, Filipinos invited to attend college in the United States on American government scholarships, arrive.1906, First Filipino laborers migrate to the United States to work on the Hawaiian sugarcane and pineapple plantations, California and Washington asparagus farms, Washington lumber, Alaska salmon canneries. About 200 Filipino "pensionados" are brought to the U.S. to get an American education.1916, The US "recruited" Filipinos for service during World War I. Very few survived and returned to the Philippines.1920s, Filipino labor leaders organize unions and strategic strikes to improve working and living conditions.1924, Filipino Workers' Union (FLU) shuts down 16 of 25 sugar plantations.1926, California's anti-miscegenation law, Civil Code, section 60, amended to prohibit marriages between white persons and members of the "Malay race" (i.e. Filipinos). (Stats. 1933, p. 561.).1928, Filipino Businessman Pedro Flores opens Flores yo-yos, which is credited with starting the yo-yo craze in the United States. He came up with and copyrighted the word yo-yo. He also applied for and received a trademark for the Flores Yo-yo, which was registered on July 22, 1930. His company went on to be become the foundation of which would latter become the Duncan yo-yo company.1929, Anti-Filipino riots break out in Watsonville and other California rural communities, in part because of Filipino men having intimate relations with White women which was in violation of the California anti-miscegenation laws enacted during that time.1932, The U.S. Congress passes the Tydings-McDuffie Act, known as the Philippine Independence Act. The act limited Filipino immigration to the U.S. to 50 persons a year (not to apply to persons coming or seeking to come to the Territory of Hawaii).1936, Philippines becomes self-governing. Commonwealth of the Philippines inaugurated.1939, Washington Supreme Court rules unconstitutional the Anti-Alien Land Law of 1937 which banned Filipino Americans from owning land.April 1942, First and Second Filipino Regiments formed in the U.S. composed of Filipino agricultural workers.May 1942, After the fall of Bataan and Coregidor to the Japanese, the US Congress passes a law which grants US citizenship to Filipinos and other aliens who served under the U.S. Armed Forces.[citation needed]1946, Philippines becomes independent. Republic of the Philippines inaugurated; America Is in the Heart by Carlos Bulosan published.1948, California Supreme Court rules Califorinia's anti-miscegenation law unconstitutional ending racially based prohibitions of marriage in the state (although it wasn't until Loving v. Virginia in 1967 that interracial marriages were legalized nationwide). Celestino Alfafara wins California Supreme Court decision allowing aliens the right to own real property. 1955, Peter Aduja becomes first Filipino American elected to office, becoming a member of the Hawai'i State House of Representatives.1956, Bobby Balcena becomes first Filipino American to play Major League baseball, playing for the Cincinnati Reds.1965, Congress passes Immigration and Nationality Act which facilitated ease of entry for skilled Filipino laborers.1965, Delano grape strike begins when members of Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, mostly Filipino farm workers in Delano, California walked off the farms of area table grape growers demanding wages on level with the federal minimum wage. Labor leader Philip Vera Cruz subsequently served as second vice president and on the managing board of the United Farm Workers. 1965- Filipino farm workers under the leadership of Larry Itliong go on strike in Delano and win Cesar Chavez joins Itliong to from the United Farm Workers Union. Filipino American Political Association (FAPA) is formed with chapters in 30 California cities. Immigration Act of 1965 raises quota of Eastern Hemisphere countries, including the Philippines, to 20,000 a year.1967, The Philippine American Collegiate Endeavor (PACE) founded by Filipino American students at San Francisco State College. PACE is the first Filipino American student organization in the United States.1974, Benjamin Menor appointed first Filipino American in a state's highest judiciary office as Justice of the Hawai?i State Supreme Court.1975, Governor John A. Burns (D-HI) convinces Benjamin J. Cayetano to run and win a seat in the Hawai?i State Legislature, despite Cayetano's doubts about winning office in a white and Japanese American dominated district; Kauai's Eduardo E. Malapit elected first Filipino American mayor.1981, Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes are both assassinated June 1, 1981 inside a Seattle downtown union hall.The late Philippine Dictator Ferdinand Marcos hired gunmen to murder both ILWU Local 37 officers to silence the growing movement in the United States opposing the dictatorship in the Philippines.1987, Benjamin J. Cayetano becomes the first Filipino American and second Asian American elected Lt. Governor of a state of the Union.1990, David Mercado Valderrama becomes first Filipino American elected to a state legislature on the mainland United States serving Prince George's County in Maryland. Immigration reform Act of 1990 is passed by the U.S. Congress granting U.S. citizenship to Filipino WWII veterans resulting in 20,000 Filipino veterans take oath of citizenship.1991, Seattle's Gene Canque Liddell becomes first Filipino American woman to be elected mayor serving the suburb of Lacey City.1992, Velma Viloria becomes first Filipino American and first Asian American elected to the Washington State Legislature.1993, Mario R. Ramil appointed Associate Justice to the Hawai'i Supreme Court, the second Filipino American to reach the court.1994, Benjamin J. Cayetano becomes the first Filipino American and second Asian American elected Governor of a state of the Union.1999, US Postal worker Joseph Ileto murdered in a hate crime by Aryan Nations member Buford Furrow.2000, Robert Bunda elected Hawai'i Senate President and Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. appointed Hawai'i State Supreme Court Justice.2003, Philippine Republic Act No. 9225, also known as the Citizenship Retention and Re-Acquisition Act of 2003 enacted, allowing natural-born Filipinos naturalized in the United States and their unmarried minor children to reclaim Filipino nationality and hold dual citizenship.2006, Congress passes legislation that commemorates the 100 Years of Filipino Migration to the United States.2006, First monument dedicated to Filipino soldiers who fought for the United States in World War II unveiled in Historic Filipinotown, Los Angeles, California

[@ikelanila]

Well said

[@testing123.]

Can u make this a website with linked sources?

[@shnndaniels]

Wow

[@karenmilano2607]

My family on my mothers side (she is one half Filipino) are oyster cultivators, who still today continue on as oyster fishermen shuckers and shippers of Louisiana oysters, and manage there own oyster reefs in Myrtle Grove, La. since the mid 1800's.

[@theroaringlioness2435]

I took an ancestry DNA test and was surprised to find out that I got 1% Southern Philippines, I'm from Washington state but on both my mother and father's side of the family, they live more in the South(with the exception that my Mother's side of the family is also more on the East Coast). I was puzzled as to where I got this from in the first place, however, I thought it somehow made more sense if I got this from my mother's side since they are Spanish and Puerto Rican. Thankfully the history of the Manila men could possibly give me some sort of clue lol

[@sonyabowman7100]

I Am a creole black woman with Filipino ancestry and now I know why folks think I look like Kimora Simmons...🎉

[@UltraVega924]

I am descended from Louisiana Filipinos on my fathers side, who are originally from Louisiana. This is even confirmed by the fact that Filipino DNA has consistently shown up in all of my family’s DNA tests.

[@KirbyAraullo]

That's so amazing!!!

[@juangrimaldi100]

Can you share your DNA results to us please.

[@thatrandomchannel8589]

I live 15 miles north of Manila village. They had one more settlement that was smaller called Clarksville.

[@get2riz]

Kirby -- Thank you so much for this. I've always felt unmoored from Filipino history growing up in Canada. I'm so delighted with the history I'm learning.

[@Paradise2Paradise]

Great job bro. I'm hooked. Spending the rest of my day off watching your vids now ha ha

[@KirbyAraullo]

Paradise2Paradise Salamat! Let me know if you have a question that could be a potential video topic :)

[@KirbyAraullo]

+Paradise2Paradise thank you so much! Let me know if you have any questions that could potentially be future video topics :)

[@Lucas-cv9sy]

One story I heard some of the Filipinos were true from Spanish ships but taken over by the French Pirates and given the choice to either perish or come to work with them and settle in Louisiana. Remember in Louisiana there is also the French enclave so there might be some truth to it.

[@eu1531]

Lousiana was spanish from 1763 to 1803

[@GilasArmy]

The theory that the Manila Men came from Spanish galleons, crossed North America to end up in Louisiana is just too incredible. Perhaps, a more plausible explanation is that the Manila Men were actually sailors in trans-Atlantic ships who opted to settle in Louisiana over time. If you will research, Filipinos sailors were documented to be living in Liverpool in the 1860's (and most probably even earlier). Records show that their birthplace is almost always "Manila." These sailors thus would have been known as "Manila Men" (since "Filipinos" at the time would have referred to Spaniards born in the Philippines, not the natives). To this day, there are Brits surnamed "Delacruz", descendants of the "Manilamen" of Liverpool.

[@BrookeShalimar5]

I took an ancestry test and was shocked to find a small percentage of Filipino DNA. I think this video is the explanation. My great grandparents were from Louisiana.

[@samuelestigoy4219]

My Grandfather was one of Them ❤😊

[@MoochieLovesIt]

this was a very interesting you should also check out Filipino involvement in the united states since the 1600s but adding to your story all you said is correct but it goes further back than the 1700s what was discovered there in the 1700's they were already colonized in lousianna 50 yrs a few generations prior to their discovery go back toward 1600,s Filipinos where in the united states way before the so called mighty whitey crossed the Mississippi river.. before whites where even in the west coast the first person ever killed in California was a Filipino. during a Spanish expedition in san Francisco got into a skirmish with native American Indians...we go far back even before Louisiana in America bro

[@jamesalmazan1871]

There is also a story like this in Australia where the first Filipino settled, he was hired as a pearl diver and became the wife of a native. and his great-grandchildren visited his hometown in the Philippines. His story is on KZbin

[@Villanelle2k24]

People both white and black along the Gulf Coast between Galveston and Pensacola are coming up with 1-5% trace Filipino ancestry....now we know where it came from most likely...these men had children/grandchildren all over the place passing as another race. Why isn't St. Malo added to Louisiana textbooks but we know all about the Spanish Islenos and Canarians of St. Bernard Parish huh. Shame. Thank you!

[@k22bngpny]

The Filipino-Indios' American experience from the Galleon to Saint Malo. The town later razed by hurricane and disappeared in the map. A literal Filipino-American's version of "Gone With The Wind".

[@covertfeelings8330]

Bruh we are hurricane magnets.

[@concerncitizen8988]

Wow, I've learned something, thanks for sharing, thumbs up.

[@Cheehooo24]

As a filipino american living in TX its nice to know our ppl ended up being homegrown southern men. Now were they ever in TX? xD cuz id love to hear that

[@francopasq]

I am in search of a video my Aunt took part in. The Shrimp Dance. I have looked high and low. Can anyone help?

[@mumblingmarvic8969]

It should also be said that many of them also fought for the confederates during the american civil war

[@becomingdontechasebridges5363]

Filipinos were captured by the Spaniards and brought to America near the Mexican coast as well as Southern and Southwest states...

[@filbilly]

Do you know of any documentation where ships sailed from Spain with Filipino sailors on board over the Pacific Ocean and when reaching the Gulf of Mexico, the Filipino sailors jumped ship?

[@puyihsieh127]

👍🏼

[@gokuson3409]

i believe, the spaniards lied to the filipino people telling them that they were bringing them over for work, but they later found out they were brought on Galion ships for slavery. filipinos jumped ship and landed in louisiana. hence were born filipino cajun, the built homes on stilts and were fishermen.

[@covertfeelings8330]

Well, slavery is also a thing to us, but perhaps the Spaniards were different in treating the slaves? Perhaps they were or more discriminating than our ancestors were with their slaves, since there is a caste system (although dunno if the caste system was already implemented back then). But it is possible that they lied lol.

[@gokuson3409]

@@covertfeelings8330 WOW, didnt know my comment was a comparison between black and filipino slavery. Everything must be a racial thing w/ you.

[@covertfeelings8330]

@@gokuson3409 What the actual fuck? Of course there are racial things involved with the relationship of the spaniards and indios (filipinos). I didn't even fucking mentioned black slavery. We have a word for slaves which is "alipin" that has existed even before the spaniards arrive, but like I said, perhaps they were treated differently. Are you even aware of the caste system? When it comes to slavery, which you mentioned, racial concepts are always a factor, proven by history.

[@gokuson3409]

@@covertfeelings8330 never once did i mention the difference, you took my comment and twisted it for something racist. you need a god or a hug.

[@covertfeelings8330]

@@gokuson3409 I mentioned that there are perhaps differences in which they treat slaves. I didn't said you mentioned it (regarding the racism), but why are you claiming that I stated that you mentioned it? As I said, proven by history, within the context of slavery, there is always a racial divide.

[@bostondefranco6997]

MAGALING MAGRESEARCH SA JEFFERSON LIBRARY THAT IS WHY...EVEN THERE ARE DISTORTIONS BUT THE RELATIVITY OF CORRECT INSTANCIES ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT SO IT IS 100% THE HISTORY OF PILIPINOS IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...FROM AMERIGO VESPUCCI...WRONG SPELLING ATA...

[@andrewmendoza2817]

Cute teeth bro

[@loonylinn8824]

Manila men or luzon people only went to america? Wala ba’ng taga visayas o mindanao?

[@kin-dredspir-itloveflowers3532]

Me I'm From visayas Waray Waray Upay hahahaha

[@superaccurssed3857]

Visayans went too but they weren’t forced because they were more favored for their loyalty

[@lakas_tama]

Kapampangan channel to kaya wag ka nang magtaka wala nga ring nabanggit na may tagalog sa manila men sya na rin nagsabi kapampangan sailors daw sila 😂

[@clarenceanonuevo2316]

paanong naging kapampangan ang mga manila men sabi tagala ang tawag sa kanila?

[@tuberobotto]

Even if it was true that Capampangan sailors settled in Louisiana, where's the anthropological evidence? Where is their legacy in terms of passing on the native Capampangan culture and language? This is what makes history of Filipinos in diaspora a bit dismaying due to lack of or missing tangible evidential support which could also be attributed to a voluntary demise of one's indigenous culture when one assimilates or willingly disappears into a foreign society. Some Filipinos have that tendency to turn their backs on their birthrights and just forget they ever were from the islands, even delete their own langauge from their memory. Isn't this one of the reasons why other Asian ethnicities tend to look at us as a people without inherent identity? We don't know our parent culture or progenitors because we readily forget about them and embrace a foreign one? No wonder the Spanish colonists had not much trouble erasing our identity because we'd rather have theirs instead, albeit mere imitation. Is it also any wonder why all these stories you're presenting here are turning up just recently instead of having been continually passed on from generation to generation? We as a people lack an identity backbone and have become a stealth nation existing behind the background of the more prominent ones, content with being 'invisible' as long as our comfort zones remain undisturbed. Just lamenting this fact.

[@superaccurssed3857]

There are pictures, records ancestors tests, certain vernaculars, the way of cooking and eating seafood, they are Filipino but mixed with French and other cultures in the area.

[@testing123.]

There are many tribes in PI that maintain their cultural nuances even as they go abroad. It's hard to have a national identity when there are many subcultures that exist on PI. We all do share the idea of having to survive natural disaster.

[@johndavedecano2438]

Can you talk about filipinos who fought along side confederates. We want to know the truth.

[@germboy007]

Woaw so if those louisiana people turn racist to asians we can say they are 1/8 filipino

[@Keashane]

Possible

[@miguelboia9914]

They called tagalas in Saint Malo and they were native tagalogs from Manila and nit kapampangan.

[@lakas_tama]

Wag ka na magtaka kapampangan kasi kaya bias sa lahi nya

[@lakas_tama]

Sabi na eh kapampangan sila walang tagalog o bisaya sa manila men 😂

[@ian25415]

Im.statting to think about your chennel or claims now about filipinos.in history... seems like you dont have any conclusive evidence about it. Except for the pinoys going with the spaniards on expiditions around the world.

[@superaccurssed3857]

No there are documents and photos, DNA evidence, certain vernacular, way of cooking food and more in Louisiana at least

[@theunholyone2505]

Oh you just want to be spoon-fed

[@ian25415]

@@theunholyone2505 your family is spoon fed. Fuck off

[@ian25415]

@@theunholyone2505 you know nothing about people dumb shit

[@litomercado2069]

You can make a research..

[@sundaridevi7354]

In the bayut