When America Welcomed Immigrants: The Short and Tortured History of Abraham Lincoln's Act to Encourage Immigration

by Jason H Silverman

This is the long-neglected story of Lincoln's signature act to ensure that immigrants would always be welcome on the shores of America and that the country's labor force would remain productive and plenty in the face of a seemingly relentless war which deprived America of hundreds of thousands of its laborers.

Believing that immigration was the "great replenishing stream," Lincoln believed that anyone risking the journey to America deserved...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1641117281
• ISBN13: 9781641117289
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Jason H. Silverman
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"