Download Molokai Hawaii Leper Colony Pics. Until 1969, hawaiian law allowed leprosy sufferers to be separated from their families and forcibly moved to the islands' remote leprosy settlement. Kalaupapa, on the island of molokai, is hawaii's leprosy colony, where 8,000 people were sent into exile over the course of a century.

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Following the overthrow of the kingdom of hawaii, the stricter government enforced the 1865 act to prevent the spread of leprosy carried out by attorney general and president of the. Plus kauai's waimea canyon and a helicopter ride. The patients were brought in by boat, norman leahy, the head guide for father damien tours said.

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The isolated site is the no. There are a few former hansen's disease patients living on kalaupapa, moloka'i along with family members and staff. Oahu with the arizona memorial and diamond head; Topside molokai where the leper colony was located.