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Paperback Irish Immigrants in Michigan: A History in Stories Book

ISBN: 1467146315

ISBN13: 9781467146319

Irish Immigrants in Michigan: A History in Stories

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To leave or stay was the question for the Irish in the nineteenth century. In Ireland, people suffered persecution, poverty and famine. America offered freedom and opportunity. For those who left and came to Michigan, the land's abundant natural resources encouraged them to become loggers, miners, fishermen, traders and farmers. Others became rail workers, merchants, lawyers, soldiers, doctors and teachers. Governor Frank Murphy advocated for civil...

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