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How long did it take coffin ships to travel from Ireland to America?
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How did the potato blight in Ireland affect America?
thousands of Irish people went to America on coffin ships with disease
Why were coofin ships called coffin ships?
Coffin ships were called coffin ships because lots of people died on them
What killed people in the coffin ships?
Coffin ships are called coffin ships cause lots of people died on them
What is Name of ship migrating from Ireland in1800s?
Some of the ships were called coffin ships. These ships, crowded and disease ridden, with poor access to food and water, resulted in the deaths of many people as they crossed the Atlantic. Owners of coffin ships provided as little food, water, and living space as was legally possible - if they obeyed the law at all. While coffin ships were the cheapest way to cross the Atlantic, mortality rates of 30% aboard the coffin ships were common.
How do the Irish get to America?
Well at the moment there's lots of ways to America. Just because the people are Irish it doesn't mean that they have like a special way of getting to America or anything. They go like any other people would. By planes, ships, jets or whatever else there is. Long ago though, when there was The Great Famine in Ireland, lots of people in Ireland fleed to America to get a job there and start families there etc. At that time people used ships to get America. However, about 1 million people died on those ships in total. Hence the nickname: The Coffin Ship.
Where did they go after the potato famine?
They emigrated to places like Canada Britain Australia and America on coffin ships
A famine in the 1800s caused many of this nations citizens to immigrate to America?
Ireland had a massive famine between 1845 and 1852, even though 4000 ships filled with food grown in Ireland were exported to cities in England. British landlords in Ireland wanted to be able to make profit at the expense of starving Irish people. Those that left Ireland in "coffin" ships traveled to Canada, the United States, and even Australia.
How did Africans travel to Latin America?
They were transported in slave ships.
What did English Immigrants travel to America by?
English Immigrants traveled to America by sailing ships.
What were the ships called in the potato famine?
the ships carrying emigrants were called "coffin" ships
How did Ireland immigrants travel to the United states?
The Irish came to America on ships as immigrants in the late 1800's. Most of the Irish immigrants came to attain religious freedom, find jobs, and have a better chance and a new start in America.
How long did it take ships to go from Ireland to America in the 1840's?
it took a long time
