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January 16, 2025 at 9:28 pm #33033

I haven’t read very much history from this time period, but one aspect that stood out for me was Martha’s description of Hallowell as a community of “first-, second-, and third-generation immigrants” and that there was English, German, French, Spanish spoken (and we know Abigail Pollard is Scottish, Ephraim is Welsh etc.) It’s in keeping with the notion of America as the land of opportunity, where immigrants can come to make a better life for themselves. Being an immigrant then is very different from being an immigrant today. And similarly, attitudes towards immigrants was very different then, compared to North American attitudes towards immigrants today.

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