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Migrants in Britain, c800–present

Case studies: Liverpool, and Jewish migrants in the East End

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Overview

Why Liverpool was the port of arrival, the courts and cellars, the typhus of 1847, Welsh, Scottish and Chinese communities, religion and politics, then Jewish settlement in the East End, sweatshops, community institutions and hostility.

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How many Irish people landed at Liverpool during the famine years?

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What health crisis followed the famine arrivals in Liverpool?

Key term

Which other communities grew in Liverpool in the nineteenth century?

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  1. 1

    Why did Liverpool become the main port of arrival for migrants?

    Model answer

    It had the nearest large docks to Ireland and the busiest transatlantic sailings, so it was both a destination and a stepping stone to America.

  2. 2

    How many Irish people landed at Liverpool during the famine years?

    Model answer

    Several hundred thousand came ashore in the late 1840s, many staying only long enough to find work or a passage onward.

  3. 3

    Where did Irish migrants live in Liverpool?

    Model answer

    In crowded courts and cellars near the docks, in districts such as Vauxhall and around Scotland Road.

  4. 4

    What health crisis followed the famine arrivals in Liverpool?

    Model answer

    A typhus epidemic in 1847 that killed thousands, including doctors and priests who had treated the sick.

  5. 5

    Which other communities grew in Liverpool in this period?

    Model answer

    Welsh and Scottish incomers, and Britain’s oldest Chinese community, founded by seamen working the shipping lines to China.

  6. 6

    How did Irish settlement change Liverpool’s religion and politics?

    Model answer

    Catholic churches and schools were built across the city, and rivalry between Catholic and Protestant shaped its elections for decades.

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