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Surplus People

Jim Rees

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Description:The Irish Famine was a catastrophe of immense proportions. Death from starvation, eviction and emigration was common. The population of County Wicklow declined by over 27,000 people. Landlords, eager to dispose of 'surplus' tenantry, engaged in 'assisted passages', whereby tenants were given incentives to emigrate. The most important was Lord Fitzwilliam, whose 80,000-acre estate, Coolattin, was the largest in Wicklow. From 1847 to 1856, he removed 6,000 men, women and children and arranged passage to Canada. Most were destitute on arrival in Quebec and New Brunswick. Lord Fitzwilliam needed to shed tenants and a railway company in New Brunswick needed workers. Unfortunately there was a terrible misunderstanding. It also focuses on the infamous Grosse Ile near Quebec, and relates in detail the fate of some families in St. Andrews, New Brunswick. -- Publisher descriptionWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Surplus People. To get started finding Surplus People, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 180

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Collins Press

Release: 2000

ISBN: A7e5AAAAIAAJ

Description: The Irish Famine was a catastrophe of immense proportions. Death from starvation, eviction and emigration was common. The population of County Wicklow declined by over 27,000 people. Landlords, eager to dispose of 'surplus' tenantry, engaged in 'assisted passages', whereby tenants were given incentives to emigrate. The most important was Lord Fitzwilliam, whose 80,000-acre estate, Coolattin, was the largest in Wicklow. From 1847 to 1856, he removed 6,000 men, women and children and arranged passage to Canada. Most were destitute on arrival in Quebec and New Brunswick. Lord Fitzwilliam needed to shed tenants and a railway company in New Brunswick needed workers. Unfortunately there was a terrible misunderstanding. It also focuses on the infamous Grosse Ile near Quebec, and relates in detail the fate of some families in St. Andrews, New Brunswick. -- Publisher descriptionWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Surplus People. To get started finding Surplus People, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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