Archive for Teresa R. Johnson
The Irish Potato Famine
Mrs. Johnson is a free-lance writer in Memphis, Tennessee, currently working toward a master’s degree in English. Every year from 1845 to 1851 a deadly blight attacked Ireland’s potato crop, causing severe famine. About a million people died and at least a million others emigrated. Historians offer various explanations of how such massive suffering could [...]
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