The Irish famine: everything you wanted to know
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Canadian Emigrants and the Famine
S redhead 94 asked how were emigrants who fled the famine received in canada. The irish people were generally very well received. They were welcomed into the community. America was, in the 18 forties, 18 fifties, undergoing a period of nativeism. And this is associated with a group you may have heard of called the no nothing party.
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