Nitasha Tamar Sharma maps the context and contours of Black life in Hawai¿i, showing how despite the presence of anti-Black racism, the state's Black residents consider it to be their haven from racism.

Acknowledgments  xi
Introduction: Hawai¿i Is My Haven  1
1. Over Two Centuries: The History of Black People in Hawai¿i  37
2. "Saltwater Negroes": Black Locals, Multiracialism, and Expansive Blackness  71
3. "Less Pressure": Black Transplants, Settler Colonialism, and a Racial Lens  120
4. Racism in Paradise: AntiBlack Racism and Resistance in Hawai¿i 166
5. Embodying Kuleana: Negotiating Black and Native Positionality in Hawai¿i  217
Conclusion: Identity↔Politics↔Knowledge  261
Notes  279
Bibliography  305
Index  331