Emigration in the 1800s

 

The following from the Galway Vindicator dated April 30th, 1842 shows that 18,317people emigrated from Ireland to Canada in 1841. Comparable figure for England: 5,070,Scotland: 3,559. Emigration to Canada was stopped in 1838 due to insurrection there and resumed in 1840. The plight of the emigrants on the various voyages makes for harrowing reading.

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