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Aboard the Fabre Line to Providence
Immigration to Rhode Island
- 224 pages
- English
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eBook - ePub
Aboard the Fabre Line to Providence
Immigration to Rhode Island
About this book
In an era when immigration was at its peak, the Fabre Line offered the only transatlantic route to southern New England. One of its most important ports was in Providence, Rhode Island. Nearly eighty-four thousand immigrants were admitted to the country between the years 1911 and 1934. Almost one in nine of these individuals elected to settle in Rhode Island after landing in Providence, amounting to around eleven thousand new residents. Most of these immigrants were from Portugal and Italy, and the Fabre Line kept up a brisk and successful business. However, both the line and the families hoping for a new life faced major obstacles in the form of World War I, the immigration restriction laws of the 1920s, and the Great Depression. Join authors Patrick T. Conley and William J. Jennings Jr. as they chronicle the history of the Fabre Line and its role in bringing new residents to the Ocean State.
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Yes, you can access Aboard the Fabre Line to Providence by William J. Jennings Jr.,Patrick T. Conley in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & North American History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Making Providence Fine for the Fabre Line
- 2. The Early Years: 1911–1914
- 3. Disruptions of War: 1914–1918
- 4. Revival and Repression: 1919–1921
- 5. The Quota Years: 1921–1925
- 6. Steaming into History: 1926–1934
- 7. Passengers and Their Places of Settlement
- 8. Cargo of the Fabre Line
- Fore and Aft: A Summation
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- About the Authors