Aboard the Fabre Line to Providence

Aboard the Fabre Line to Providence
Author: William J. Jennings Jr.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2013-11-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 162584705X

In an era when immigration was at its peak, the Fabre Line offered the only transatlantic route to southern New England. One of its most important ports was in Providence, Rhode Island. Nearly eighty-four thousand immigrants were admitted to the country between the years 1911 and 1934. Almost one in nine of these individuals elected to settle in Rhode Island after landing in Providence, amounting to around eleven thousand new residents. Most of these immigrants were from Portugal and Italy, and the Fabre Line kept up a brisk and successful business. However, both the line and the families hoping for a new life faced major obstacles in the form of World War I, the immigration restriction laws of the 1920s, and the Great Depression. Join authors Patrick T. Conley and William J. Jennings Jr. as they chronicle the history of the Fabre Line and its role in bringing new residents to the Ocean State.

Aboard the Fabre Line to Providence

Aboard the Fabre Line to Providence
Author: William Jennings (Jr.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781626192294

In an era when immigration was at its peak, the Fabre Line offered the only transatlantic route to southern New England. One of its most important ports was in Providence, Rhode Island. Nearly eighty-four thousand immigrants were admitted to the country between the years 1911 and 1934. Almost one in nine of these individuals elected to settle in Rhode Island after landing in Providence, amounting to around eleven thousand new residents. Most of these immigrants were from Portugal and Italy, and the Fabre Line kept up a brisk and successful business. However, both the line and the families hoping for a new life faced major obstacles in the form of World War I, the immigration restriction laws of the 1920s, and the Great Depression. Join authors Patrick T. Conley and William J. Jennings Jr. as they chronicle the history of the Fabre Line and its role in bringing new residents to the Ocean State.

Report ...

Report ...
Author: Massachusetts. Directors of the Port of Boston
Publisher:
Total Pages: 438
Release: 1912
Genre: Boston Harbor (Mass.)
ISBN:

The Ports of Southern New England

The Ports of Southern New England
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 410
Release: 1928
Genre: Harbors
ISBN:

Includes reports on Providence and Newport, R.I., New Bedford and Fall River, Mass., New London, Bridgeport, New Haven, Norwalk and Stamford, Conn.

Port Series

Port Series
Author: United States. Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors
Publisher:
Total Pages: 716
Release: 1926
Genre: Harbors
ISBN: