The promised land: the story of emigration from Oxfordshire and neighbouring Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Warwickshire 1815-1914

Type

Book

Authors

Martin Greenwood ( Greenwood, Martin )

ISBN 10

1908738405

ISBN 13

9781908738400

Tags

Banburyshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, 19th century, 20th century, Emigration, Poor Laws, Corn Laws, Social unrest, Great Exodus, Australia, Canada, USA, Liverpool, Penal colonies

Abstract

The author has written a lively and kniowledgeable story of emigration from Oxfordshire and its neighbouring shires from 1815 to 1914. The story begins with the votages of Captain Cook, which led to the provision of new places for penal colonies in Australia. Free emigration also gathered steam in the 1830s, followed by the Great Exodus from 1850. The story evokes the bustle and confusion of migrants at Liverpool, and the emotions of departure. It looks at their shipping, health problems, costs and shipwrecks, and at their experience on arrival. It also examines the political changes, particularly in relation to the Poor Laws and Corn Laws.

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Signed on the title page by the author

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