The Importance Of Southern Italian Migration To America

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Italians from Southern Italy emigrated to America because they faced poverty and starvation under rule from the Spanish monarchy. Almost ninety percent of Italian immigrants were from Southern Italy (Maggio, 2015). Eventually, the Spanish Monarch lost control of Southern Italy but Northern Italy took over control. Unfortunately, Northern control did not result in a better outcome for Southern Italians. They were still left in poverty because practically everything was taxed by Northern Italy. Many Southern Italians ended up migrating to New Orleans and taking jobs in the sugar cane fields; slavery began to diminish, and as a result, there was a decrease in slave labor in the fields. Sadly, Italians in America were victims of exploitation, extortion,

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