4 million People Set Sail for America from Hamburg
Americans with Central or Eastern European roots have a good chance of finding an
ancestor or two in the emigration history of Hamburg. Between 1836 and 1914, 4 million
people set sail for America from Hamburg's Elbe River ports. Mostly from the lands
of Russia, Germany, and Austria-Hungary, these were the true huddled masses—poor,
unwashed, uneducated. Perfect targets for xenophobia.
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