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Robert Whyte's Famine Ship Diary 1847 : The Journey of an Irish Coffin Ship (UK)

Mangan, James (EDT)
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The voyage of the 'coffin ship' Ajax, from Dublin to Grosse Île, the Canadian quarantine station as described in the contemporary diary of one of the passengers, Robert Whyte. Whyte was a Protestant gentleman of education and position, as well as being a professional writer who intended to publish his diary. The diary appeared in 1848. It is signed in the author's own handwriting and features vivid descriptions of the spectacular scenery along the way and the striking delineations of the passengers, the crew and the suffering travellers.
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The voyage of a 'coffin ship' from Dublin to Grosse Île, in Canada, described in the contemporary diary of Robert Whyte. Coffin ships transported over 100,000 people in flight from famine, fever and conditions involving deprivation of all human rights. It illustrates what the poor passengers had to endure while en route and many did not survive.

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