Loaʻa ka papa helu ma lalo nei i mau kānāwai mai nā makahiki 1882, 1893, 1895 a me 1900. ʻO ka inoa mua, he ʻohina palapala o nā kānāwai limahana, e like me, he mau ʻāpana kikoʻī mai kō Hawaiʻi Kānāwai o Nā Haku a me nā Kauwā (Masters and Servants Act). Loaʻa hoʻi ka inoa mua i hōʻuluʻulu pōkole o mau ʻAha Hoʻokolokolo Kiʻekiʻe hihia pili i nā kānāwai limahana. Hoʻokahi nō hōʻuluʻulu pōkole he kūmole i ka hihia King v. Greenwell, i wehewehe mai ʻo “the whipping of servants or laborers is not justifiable under the laws of this Kingdom.” ʻO kekahi palapala kaulana ʻē aʻe ʻo ia nō ka “Proclamation Establishing a Provisional Government” ma lalo nei.
Hiki nō ke loaʻa nā kiʻi i loko o kēia waihona ma ke kaomi ʻana o nā loulou waihona ma lalo iho nei.