All posts tagged "Irish"
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93.0K19MassachusettsHow Scottish POWS Were Sold as Slave Labor in New England
As many as 400 Scottish POWS captured in the Battles of Worcester and Dunbar were shipped to New England in the 1650s...
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19.9K2Crime and ScandalThe Mysterious Disappearance of Danny Walsh, the Lost Irish Gangster from Rhode Island
Before the Italian-American community (much to the chagrin of many) was branded as the face of organized crime, Irish Americans had their...
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12.0KNew England PlacesSix Places Renamed Out of Spite
Many New England cities and towns have been renamed over the years. When the European settlers arrived, they usually changed Indian names...
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10.8KBusiness and LaborBefore Monopoly All the Kids were Wild About Pope and Pagan
In 1844, young people of Massachusetts were treated to a new board game: Pope and Pagan, or Siege of the stronghold of...
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21.0K5MassachusettsA French Parish Gets an Irish Priest, And War Breaks Out in Fall River
In 1884, a French parish in Fall River, Mass., locked its Irish pastor out of the church and made his life a...
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9.7K4MassachusettsFive Fast Facts About the New England Roots of W.E.B. Du Bois
The New England roots of W.E.B. Du Bois shaped his thought and his activism, and led to his rise as a leading...
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