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From: Janice S Thompson <>
Subject: Re: [BAN] English ports
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 04:12:05 -0400
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Frances,

Amazing, price wars! Who would have thought? I guess like they say
everything old is new again.
The Merseyside Maritime Museum that is mentioned on the site of the url
you provided sounds quite interesting with it's look inside one of the
ships of the period. http://www.nmgm.org.uk
[National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside (NMGM)]

Thank you,
Jan


>"Can some knowledgeable person explain why Liverpool seemed to be the
>main
>port of exodus to the USA in the early to mid 1800s instead of say
>Southampton, which may have been closer to many places in England?
>Thank you for your input."
>
> Hello, Jan -

>library. By 1851 Liverpool was the leading emigration port for all of
>Europe. Major contributing factors appear to be Liverpool's rail links
>with
>east-coast ports (such as Hull) plus the willingness of Liverpool
>companies
>to engage in "bitter price wars". British as well as European
>emigrants
>would have benefited from the resulting cheap fares. - Frances
>
>Source: "Liverpool - the flood-gate of the old world: A study in
>ethnic
>attitudes" by Gordon READ [Journal of American Ethnic History, Fall93,
>Vol.
>13 Issue 1, p31, 17p.]
>
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