Check info on the Gulf Coast area.  There was an early settlement there. 
  The Spanish brought people, mostly men, from the Philippines on ships 
to help transport goods across land to ships on the Atlantic side.  Some 
of them jumped ship.  We had an exhibit on the Philippines some time ago 
and this info has stuck with me.  I am not an historian so I may be way 
off.  Hope not.
Beverlye Hancock

On 3/6/2006 2:00 PM, Deb Fuller wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> A friend of mine who is a teacher is looking for information about
> Asians that were in the colonies/US during the time of the
> Revolutionary War. I don't know anything about the subject and thought
> that most Asians immigrated later, like in the 1840s or so, mainly to
> work on the railroads.
> 
> If anyone has any references, please let me know and I'll pass them along!
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Deb
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