Commanding the U.S. Armed Forces
European Emigration to the U.S. 1851 - 1860
Although the Irish potato blight receded in 1850, the effects of the famine continued to spur Irish emigration into the 20th century. Still facing poverty and disease, the Irish set out for America where they reunited with relatives who had fled at the height of the famine.
Nat Turner was born on October 2, 1800, in Southampton County, Virginia
All of the colonies except Cuba and Puerto Rico attained independence by the 1820's.
