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| PARO Royal Gazette, 22 June 1847 |
| Royal Gazette, 22 June 1847 |
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By the 1830s and 40s a large proportion of the immigrants arriving in British North America were Irish. To many of the poor and destitute of Ireland, exhausted by famine and disease, emigration presented an attractive alternative. With the migration of such vulnerable groups, the threat of disease naturally followed. On 22nd May 1847 the barque Lady Constable arrived in Charlottetown harbour carrying a large contingent of Irish settlers. Twenty-five of its 444 passengers had died en route from the effects of typhus and more deaths followed in the days to come. Such incidents were common throughout North America and had a negative impact on the popular perception of immigration.
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