tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24200494.post2728015331415689900..comments2024-03-19T00:55:00.076-04:00Comments on Nicholas Stix, Uncensored: Colonial Settlement in America, 1607-1783Nicholashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12372393717833610657noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24200494.post-75190824980987604012019-07-28T12:42:27.082-04:002019-07-28T12:42:27.082-04:00"The notion that even at the time of the Amer..."The notion that even at the time of the American Revolution we were a 'nation of immigrants' is imprecise. The trans-Atlantic migration of colonists and immigrants was relatively small during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries."<br /><br />Those English and Scotch-Irish would have not thought of themselves as immigrants. Were subjects of the Crown living in British North America.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24200494.post-26915682407063760962019-07-28T12:35:46.647-04:002019-07-28T12:35:46.647-04:00"passengers and prohibiting the landing of la..."passengers and prohibiting the landing of lame, impotent, or infirm persons, or those incapable of earning their own keep."<br /><br />Part of the Ellis Island experience was that prospective immigrants had to walk up two flights of stairs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24200494.post-87524238635765515012019-07-28T12:32:28.689-04:002019-07-28T12:32:28.689-04:00"In 1619, the Dutch dropped off the first Afr... "In 1619, the Dutch dropped off the first African slaves, commencing a racial problem that has bedeviled American civilization ever since."<br /><br />Damn that Dutch sea captain for all eternity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com