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Title: The New York Irish in the 1850s: Locked in by Poverty?

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Publication Year: 2005

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Abstract: Their numbers in mid-nineteenth century New York suggest that the city acted as a kind of irresistible magnet for Irish immigrants. Contemporary commentary cited the lure of friends and community, but also counselled immigrants against clinging to the east coast cities. Throughout the 1850s, but particularly at times of high unemployment such as in 1854-5 and in the wake of the Panic of 1857, philanthropists, labour and ethnic activists, and the local press urged the westward movement of labour. In June 1855 the New York Times even called on the city to finance such movement. Irish newspapers such as the Citizen and the Irish-American also advised people to move. In the wake of the financial panic of October 1857 Irish philanthropist Vere Foster prevailed on the Women’s Protective Emigration Society to pay for the westward journey of about . . .

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Authors: Grada, Cormac O

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Publication Number: 05/17

Institution: University College Dublin

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Publisher Location: Belfield Dublin

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration, Poverty and Welfare

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