With what was promised in America, Emigrants really had no choice but to pack up their families and leave everything they had and knew when faced with their current poor living conditions, sagging economy, and the fear of their own government. The few that were successful returned to their homelands telling tales of all the good things but not about the hard times that they endured. Then you had those unscrupulous Americans that would be at each boat landing as Americas newest slaves were disembarking on what they believed to be a new beginning, ensnaring them in some sort of work scam t…
