It MAY not be true that you, Rachel and Stephen are not planning a podcast/network together...but could you PLEASE give it some consideration? Like MANY others, I'd be there with bells on...and maybe buy in if possible...
It is estimated that approximately 80 million immigrants came to America. Of particular interest to me were our early immigrants and what they endured to come to America.
It started in 1620, when 102 English separatist settlers landed on Cape Cod after 102 days at sea aboard the Mayflower. They lived on beer, dried meat, and biscuits for 102 days in the Mayflower's gun deck, the windowless lower level of a 100-foot-long, 24-foot-wide ship.
In the 18th century, over 1 million immigrants came to America in distinct waves: the first from Ireland, fleeing famine, and Germans seeking refuge from political revolution and economic hardship. The second wave came from Italy, Russia, Poland, Austria-Hungary, and Greece. In the mid-19th century, waves of Chinese immigrants came, escaping poverty in their homeland. Millions were processed at Castle Gardens and later at Ellis Island.
We also had indentured slaves coming to our country starting after 1800, when at least one million slaves were forcibly relocated to the South, and we had immigrants as a result of the treaty with Mexico that afforded 70,000 Mexicans citizenship in our country.
In the late 18th century, wooden boats were replaced by steamships, which affected immigration to our country, starting with the S.S. The great Western boat and continuing with the S.S. Louis, which carried Jewish refugees fleeing Germany.
Consider the plight of the immigrants and what they had to endure to come to our country. Before the advent of railroads, they had to travel on foot to get to the port of their departure. They traveled on cargo ships as steerage passengers in the bottom holds, with 100 additional passengers in one large space, no bathrooms, no beds, or windows, and the trip could take 40 to 90 days.
The plight of African slaves was unimaginable, beyond our ability to comprehend, and existed before 1800, in West Africa and in Europe, and long before the Atlantic Slave Trade to our country. In the mid-15th century, Portugal supplied slaves to Europe and, later, to the United States, as part of what is described as the slave triangle, running from the west coast of Africa to South Carolina and then to Europe and then back to the West coast of Africa. AI chat says that 12 to 13 million slaves came to America. One point of information is that slavery, including the selling, owning, executing, and buying of slaves, existed in Africa and was part of the existing culture of African tribes. In researching our immigration, I became aware of how little I knew about the continent of Africa.
Immigration in the 20th century was explosive, unlike earlier waves from Western and Northern Europe; millions arrived from Southern and Eastern Europe (particularly Italy, Poland, and Russia). The country enacted the Immigration Act of 1924, which established strict quotas, and this was later revised by the Hart-Celler Act of 1965, initiated by Lyndon Johnson. Our recent immigration included people coming from Vietnam, Mexico, and China.
The message to me is that we are a country of immigrants, beginning in 1600 with 102 pilgrims and growing to a population of 320 million. How can anyone think or talk about real Americans as opposed to those immigrants? We are all the result of immigration, and we should be proud of our heritage.
It MAY not be true that you, Rachel and Stephen are not planning a podcast/network together...but could you PLEASE give it some consideration? Like MANY others, I'd be there with bells on...and maybe buy in if possible...
I knew Colbert was good, but he is raised in my heart for so many features with Joy Reid. Great stuff, and thanks as always.
IMMIGRANTS COMING TO AMERICA.
It is estimated that approximately 80 million immigrants came to America. Of particular interest to me were our early immigrants and what they endured to come to America.
It started in 1620, when 102 English separatist settlers landed on Cape Cod after 102 days at sea aboard the Mayflower. They lived on beer, dried meat, and biscuits for 102 days in the Mayflower's gun deck, the windowless lower level of a 100-foot-long, 24-foot-wide ship.
In the 18th century, over 1 million immigrants came to America in distinct waves: the first from Ireland, fleeing famine, and Germans seeking refuge from political revolution and economic hardship. The second wave came from Italy, Russia, Poland, Austria-Hungary, and Greece. In the mid-19th century, waves of Chinese immigrants came, escaping poverty in their homeland. Millions were processed at Castle Gardens and later at Ellis Island.
We also had indentured slaves coming to our country starting after 1800, when at least one million slaves were forcibly relocated to the South, and we had immigrants as a result of the treaty with Mexico that afforded 70,000 Mexicans citizenship in our country.
In the late 18th century, wooden boats were replaced by steamships, which affected immigration to our country, starting with the S.S. The great Western boat and continuing with the S.S. Louis, which carried Jewish refugees fleeing Germany.
Consider the plight of the immigrants and what they had to endure to come to our country. Before the advent of railroads, they had to travel on foot to get to the port of their departure. They traveled on cargo ships as steerage passengers in the bottom holds, with 100 additional passengers in one large space, no bathrooms, no beds, or windows, and the trip could take 40 to 90 days.
The plight of African slaves was unimaginable, beyond our ability to comprehend, and existed before 1800, in West Africa and in Europe, and long before the Atlantic Slave Trade to our country. In the mid-15th century, Portugal supplied slaves to Europe and, later, to the United States, as part of what is described as the slave triangle, running from the west coast of Africa to South Carolina and then to Europe and then back to the West coast of Africa. AI chat says that 12 to 13 million slaves came to America. One point of information is that slavery, including the selling, owning, executing, and buying of slaves, existed in Africa and was part of the existing culture of African tribes. In researching our immigration, I became aware of how little I knew about the continent of Africa.
Immigration in the 20th century was explosive, unlike earlier waves from Western and Northern Europe; millions arrived from Southern and Eastern Europe (particularly Italy, Poland, and Russia). The country enacted the Immigration Act of 1924, which established strict quotas, and this was later revised by the Hart-Celler Act of 1965, initiated by Lyndon Johnson. Our recent immigration included people coming from Vietnam, Mexico, and China.
The message to me is that we are a country of immigrants, beginning in 1600 with 102 pilgrims and growing to a population of 320 million. How can anyone think or talk about real Americans as opposed to those immigrants? We are all the result of immigration, and we should be proud of our heritage.