When was it published?

May 29, 1870 in The Daily Phoenix

Domestic News May 29, 1870

The Daily Phoenix

Q: What keywords are associated?

Immigration, South, Europe, Settlers, Economic, Laborers, Capitalists

Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina

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What is this article about?

The Mobile Register forecasts a massive influx of white immigrants from Europe to the South, driven by declining economic opportunities in the West and California, positioning the South as the prime destination for laborers, artisans, and capitalists.

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A Flood Coming. The Mobile Register paints this glowing picture: "We are at the beginning of a flood-tide of a vast white immigration from Europe. The grain business is overdone in the West and in California. There are no further temptations to money-making in these regions, and to-day the South offers the most tempting field for new settlers of laborers and artisans and capitalists in the known world. The whole civilized world is waking up to a consciousness of this fact, and those of us who live five years longer will be amazed at the results of causes now in active operation."

What sub-type of article is it?

Migration Or Settlement

What keywords are associated?

Immigration South Europe Settlers Economic Laborers Capitalists

Where did it happen?

The South

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

The South

Event Details

The Mobile Register describes the onset of a flood-tide of vast white immigration from Europe, noting overdone grain business in the West and California with no further money-making temptations there, while the South offers the most tempting field for new settlers including laborers, artisans, and capitalists; the civilized world is awakening to this, with amazing results expected in five years.