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Between 1840 and 1890, many Welsh looked to Wisconsin for relief where they could purchase inexpensive, productive land. With large Welsh landowners controlling most of the arable land in Wales and Corn Laws, which prohibited importation of cheap food, domestic food prices increased dramatically and left the typical tenant-farming family with fields full of grain but empty cupboards. Once in Wisconsin, the newcomers kept to themselves, maintained their native language and national traditions and worshipped together in close-knit communities. This addition to the People of Wisconsin series weaves period letters from the Owen family and Private John Jones, who served in the Union army in the Civil War, into the narration. "Welsh in Wisconsin" also contains anecdotes from early immigrant life and photographs depicting Welsh churches in Wisconsin.Davies, Phillips G. is the author of 'Welsh in Wisconsin', published 1982 under ISBN 9780870202148 and ISBN 0870202146.
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