Innocynioc
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HOW A CESSATION OF LARGE SALE IMMIGRATION INTO THE US FREED THE SLAVES
Following the War Between the States former black slaves in the former Confederacy were little better off than had been the case during slavery. Many still lived in the same conditions on the same plantations but as destitute share croppers instead as slaves. Industrial production in the Northern States was booming, but with massive wave after wave of European immigrants entering the USA blacks were not given a chance to compete for the jobs there. The common misconception was that blacks were not smart enough to handle industrial jobs and with hundreds of thousands of white European immigrants to hire, blacks were not given the chance to prove this wrong..
This changed in 1914 with the opening of World War 1. Deadly submarine warfare in the Atlantic coupled with massive war disruptions in the European countries cut the flow of immigrants into the USA to a trickle just when a booming war economy increased the need for workers in northern factories. Blacks were finally given their chance.
Black workers showed themselves to be entirely capable of handling complex industrial jobs as well as being hard workers. Then began a massive long term migration of former slaves and their progeny to the Northern States. Finally good paying jobs were available.
This brief, only four or five years, cessation of large scale immigration into the USA wrought the unexpected consequence and wonderful act which finally freed the slaves.
Who knows? Perhaps another temporary cessation of large scale immigration into the USA might yield some unexpected consequence, a consequence which would be good for our country.
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Following the War Between the States former black slaves in the former Confederacy were little better off than had been the case during slavery. Many still lived in the same conditions on the same plantations but as destitute share croppers instead as slaves. Industrial production in the Northern States was booming, but with massive wave after wave of European immigrants entering the USA blacks were not given a chance to compete for the jobs there. The common misconception was that blacks were not smart enough to handle industrial jobs and with hundreds of thousands of white European immigrants to hire, blacks were not given the chance to prove this wrong..
This changed in 1914 with the opening of World War 1. Deadly submarine warfare in the Atlantic coupled with massive war disruptions in the European countries cut the flow of immigrants into the USA to a trickle just when a booming war economy increased the need for workers in northern factories. Blacks were finally given their chance.
Black workers showed themselves to be entirely capable of handling complex industrial jobs as well as being hard workers. Then began a massive long term migration of former slaves and their progeny to the Northern States. Finally good paying jobs were available.
This brief, only four or five years, cessation of large scale immigration into the USA wrought the unexpected consequence and wonderful act which finally freed the slaves.
Who knows? Perhaps another temporary cessation of large scale immigration into the USA might yield some unexpected consequence, a consequence which would be good for our country.
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