Emigrant Worlds and Transatlantic Communities

Emigrant Worlds and Transatlantic Communities gives voice to the Irish, Scottish, English, and Welsh women and men who negotiated the complex and often dangerous world of emigration between 1815 and 1845. Using "information wanted" notices that appeared in colonial newspapers as well as emigrants'' own accounts, Errington illustrates that emigration was a family affair. Individuals made their deci...