The First Asian American Settlement Was Established by Filipino Fishermen
The fishing village in marshlands of present-day Louisiana was settled by the so-called Manilamen as early as 1763.
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Library of Congress
The fishing village in marshlands of present-day Louisiana was settled by the so-called Manilamen as early as 1763.
The history of the oldest known permanent Asian American settlement remains mysterious and as murky as the mosquito-infested marshland it was built on. Saint Malo was first established as a fishing village along the shores of Lake Borgne in Louisiana in the 18th century and continued to flourish until the 20th century.