Many mid-19th century French immigrants were political refugees who left France following the 1848 revolutions that swept through Europe. Scottish immigrants founded the Illinois Saint Andrew ...

The United States has long been a country of immigrants, shaped by generations seeking freedom, opportunity, and a better ...

Irish and other Northern Europeans arrive Irish immigrants swept into the city in the middle of the 19th century amid a horrific potato blight, which decimated the crop that fed the country’s poor.

Nearly 3 million Russians entered during the first wave of open immigration that began in the late 19th century and continued into the early 20th century. However, only about 20,000 found their way ...

Unlike the Scandinavian and German immigrant farmers of the 19th century, the new immigrants clustered in the cities. That's where the jobs were. Between 1880 and 1920, the cities expanded at a ...

The Nineteenth century club continued its series of evening talks concerning affairs of the day last night, choosing "Free Immigration" as the text of its discussion. View Full Article in ...

As the 19th century progressed, the rate of immigration from outside Wales increased. Most of the new arrivals came from England; if they did learn the native language, it was for practical ...