Going to America
Going to America by Terry Coleman, published by Genealogical Publishing Company in 1987, is a reprint edition comprising 317 pages in English. This book presents a detailed account of the experiences faced by British and Irish immigrants during the mid-nineteenth century as they journeyed to America. It highlights the challenges and hardships encountered by these individuals, particularly focusing on the Irish, who faced dire conditions while crossing the Atlantic.
Readers will find a thorough exploration of the grim realities of immigration during this period, including the exploitation by ship owners, brokers, and customs officials. The narrative delves into the various forms of deception and hardship that immigrants endured, from overcrowded ships to fraudulent practices upon arrival. This work serves as a reference for those interested in genealogy and heraldry, shedding light on the historical context of immigration and the struggles faced by those seeking a new life in America.
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This is the grim story of the British and Irish immigrants who came to America during the middle of the nineteenth century. Much the largest contingent was Irish, and it was above all the departure of the Irish to America, diseased, half-starved, bewildered, cheated and cheating, which made the emigrant way across the Atlantic as degrading as the convict route to the South Seas, and almost as cruel as the Middle Passage of the slave ships. Confronting the immigrants at every turn were inescapable horrors. Ship owners packed their holds like slavers; brokers misrepresented and overcharged; runners stole when they couldn’t cheat; customs officials took bribes to ignore overcrowding. And when the immigrants arrived the swindling didn’t stop. They were fleeced by lodging-house keepers, separated from their possessions, and sold fraudulent railroad or canal boat tickets–in short, the whole, cruel apparatus of immigration was turned against them.
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