Some worked on the Spanish Treasure Fleet from Veracruz which plied the waters of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico on the way to Spain.Starting in 1763, Filipinos sometimes deserted the ships in the Gulf of Mexico to escape the brutalities meted out by the Spanish.The peak of Asian immigration occurred in the 19th and 20th centuries, however.There are currently more than four million Asian Latin Americans, nearly 1% of Latin America's population.

In 1839, they each married white women and settled in North Carolina and became naturalized citizens (requiring their classification as “white”).

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